Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan will depart for Beijing tomorrow for a three-day visit.

Mr Cheung will call on the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) and the Committee for the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the NPCSC, the Supreme People's Court, the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Justice and the General Administration of Sport of China.

They will discuss issues including promoting Hong Kong as a centre for international legal and dispute resolution services in the Asia-Pacific region, taking forward the construction of rule of law in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and contributing to the country's high-quality development.

Mr Cheung will also visit the Commercial Legal Service Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Peking University Law School to strengthen co-operation with them.