President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the swearing-in ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, July 1, 2022. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

The Hong Kong Education Bureau is distributing copies of President Xi Jinping’s July 1 local speech to help teachers in the city’s schools better understand its essence and the city’s constitutional order under “one country, two systems”.

The copies of President Xi 's speech also aim to deepen local teachers’ understanding of the development of the nation and the world, and help them comprehend the importance of Hong Kong’s integration into the overall national development, the Education Bureau said

The bureau announced the move on Monday, saying it was made in view of the significance of Xi’s speech, which he made during his inspection tour of the city to mark the city’s 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland.

The copies also aim to deepen local teachers’ understanding of the development of the nation and the world, and help them comprehend the importance of Hong Kong’s integration into the overall national development, the bureau said.

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Seven copies will be distributed to each kindergarten, while primary schools will get 30 copies each for those that have 12 classes or fewer, and 60 copies for those with at least 13 classes.

Sixty copies will be sent to each directly subsidized primary and secondary school. Special schools that take care of students with special needs will get 30 copies each.

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The bureau reminds the principals of above-mentioned schools to fill in the collection form, and send employees to collect the copies at their respective regional education service offices by Sept 15.