Published: 14:51, December 14, 2025 | Updated: 14:57, December 14, 2025
CE to go on three-day duty visit to Beijing
By Wang Zhan in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu addresses members of the media during a press conference on the fire at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong on Dec 12, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will pay a duty visit to Beijing from Monday until Wednesday to brief state leaders on the latest economic, social and political situation in Hong Kong.

Director of the Chief Executive's Office Carol Yip Man-kuen and Private Secretary to the Chief Executive Queenie Wong Ting-chi will join the visit, according to a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government statement.

During Lee's absence, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-ki will be the Acting Chief Executive, it added.