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| 中央人民政府 駐香港特別行政區聯絡辦公室 | |
 Logo of the Liaison Office | |
.jpg) Office in 2015 | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 18 January 2000 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of China |
| Headquarters | The Westpoint 160 Connaught Road West, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong 22°17′17″N 114°08′23″E / 22.288111°N 114.139822°E |
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| Parent agency | State Council of the People's Republic of China Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Website | locpg.gov.cn locpg.hk |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區聯絡辦公室 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港中聯辦 | ||||||||||
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The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative office of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in Hong Kong. It is located in Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Under the system "one institution with two names," it also holds the alternative name of the Hong Kong Work Committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch was established in May 1947, and acted as the unofficial representative of the government of China in Hong Kong until the handover of Hong Kong, in 1997. On 18 January 18 2000, the Hong Kong Branch transferred all its work except news to the newly-established Hong Kong Liaison Office.
The Liaison Office is one of the four agencies of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, the other three being the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (responsible for Hong Kong's foreign affairs), the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison (responsible for Hong Kong's defense) and the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong (responsible for Hong Kong's national security affairs). The Liaison Office has three offices in mainland China, namely the Guangdong Liaison Office (located in Guangzhou), the Shenzhen Liaison Office and the Beijing Office.