Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 23, 2016. Leung is in Beijing to report to the central government on his work in 2016. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping met with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying Friday.
Xi told Leung that the central government firmly supports the Hong Kong SAR government in its work to contain the "Hong Kong independence" activities, in accordance with the law.
Leung is in Beijing to report to the central government on his work in 2016.
