Flying high

Published: 08:48, July 1, 2024 | Updated: 11:23, July 1, 2024

Flying high

By Wang Zhan

A flag-hoisting ceremony is underway on July 1, 2024 at the Golden Bauhinia Square, in Hong Kong as the city celebrates the 27th anniversary of its return to China. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Flag-hoisting ceremonies and celebratory events were held across Hong Kong on Monday morning as the special administrative region celebrated the 27th anniversary of its return to the motherland.

China Daily photographers Andy Chong and Adam Lam took the photos.

(From left) Zheng Yanxiong (front row, fourth), director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Leung Chun-ying (front row, sixth), vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; John Lee Ka-chiu (front row, seventh), chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and other guests attend a flag-hoisting ceremony at the Golden Bauhinia Square, in Hong Kong, July 1, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

The Chinese national flag is flying high during a flag-raising ceremony at the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, on July 1, 2024. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)

John Lee Ka-chiu (center), chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Cui Jianchun (second left), commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR; Zheng Yanxiong (fourth left), director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR; Leung Chun-ying (fifth left), vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and other guests raise their glasses at a reception to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, in Wan Chai, July 1, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

(From left) Zheng Yanxiong, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Leung Chun-ying, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and John Lee Ka-chiu, chief executive of the HKSAR, toast each other at a reception to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, in Wan Chai, July 1, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

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