Chief executive-elect John Lee Ka-chiu gestures after winning the 2022 Chief Executive Election at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, May 8, 2022. (ANDY CHONG/ CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Chief executive designate John Lee Ka-chiu will visit Beijing on Saturday, during which he will receive from the Central People's Government the instrument of appointment as the sixth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 

In a statement issued on Friday, the HKSAR government said Lee will depart for Beijing on Saturday and return on Tuesday.

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Accompanying Lee will be Private Secretary to the Chief Executive-elect Priscilla To and the Press Secretary Alex Chan. 

Lee's wife will also accompany him on the trip.