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#BREAKING: The #2020NPC will review a draft Decision on Establishing & Improving the Legal System & Enforcement Mechanisms for Hong Kong to Safeguard National Security 关于建立健全香港特别行政区维护国家安全的法律制度和执行机制的决定
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From the form of this bill—it's a decision, not a "law"—and what we can tell at this point from news reports, this Decision itself is NOT the future national security law for Hong Kong. Rather, it appears to be an authorization to the NPC Standing Committee to draft such a law.
It appears that after this Decision is adopted, the NPCSC would then adopt the actual Hong Kong National Security Law and list it in Annex III of the Basic Law so that it can be enforced in Hong Kong—bypassing the Hong Kong legislature.
