Office for Safeguarding National Security information

Office for Safeguarding National Security
Office for Safeguarding National Security
Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Traditional Chinese	中華人民共和國中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區維護國家安全公署
Simplified Chinese	中华人民共和国中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区维护国家安全公署
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngyāng rénmín zhèngfǔ zhù Xiānggǎng tèbié xíngzhèngqū wéihù guójiā ānquán gōngshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	zung1joeng1 jan4man4 zing3fu2 zyu3 hoeng1gong2 dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1 wai4wu6 gwok3gaa1 on1cyun4 gung1cyu5
Office for Safeguarding National Security
Traditional Chinese	維護國家安全公署
Simplified Chinese	维护国家安全公署
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wéihù guójiā ānquán gōngshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	wai4wu6 gwok3gaa1 on1cyun4 gung1cyu5

Office for Safeguarding National Security
中華人民共和國; 中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區; 維護國家安全公署
	Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Agency overview
Formed	1 July 2020
Type	Deputy-ministerial level agency
Jurisdiction	Central People's Government (State Council)
Headquarters	Metropark Hotel, 148 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (Temporary); Island Pacific Hotel, 152 Connaught Road West, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong (Temporary); 15 Hoi Fan Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Permanent, Planning);
Agency executives	Dong Jingwei, Director; Li Jiangzhou, Deputy; Sun Qingye, Deputy;
Parent department	Central National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
Parent organization	State Council of the People's Republic of China; Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Child agency	Hong Kong Police National Security Department;
Website	osns.gov.cn

The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (OSNS^[2]) is the Chinese central government's national security office in Hong Kong.^[3] The office was established in July 2020 by the Hong Kong national security law.^[4]

The office is headed by director Dong Jingwei^[5] and is entirely staffed by mainland officials.^[6] The office is a part of, and funded by, the Central People's Government (State Council) of China^[7] and is not subject to Hong Kong jurisdiction.^[4]^[8] It is officially under the list of agencies that are dispatched by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[9]

^ "銅鑼灣維景酒店成國安公署臨時基地消息：明日早上開幕". 香港01 (in Chinese). 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "中华人民共和国中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区维护国家安全公署". www.osns.gov.cn. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区维护国家安全公署在香港揭牌-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Hong Kong National Security Law Promulgated, Came into Effect June 30, 2020". Morrison & Foerster. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference scmp_20230719 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Davis, Michael C. (2022). "Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression". Journal of Democracy. 33 (1): 100–115. doi:10.1353/jod.2022.0007. S2CID 247624487.
^ Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (48, 51). National People's Congress. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "张晓明：驻港国安公署职务行为不受香港特区管辖合情合理". Xinhua (in Chinese). 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "中央党政机关、人民团体及其他机构代码". State Administration for Market Regulation. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[hk01-1] "銅鑼灣維景酒店成國安公署臨時基地消息：明日早上開幕". 香港01 (in Chinese). 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[2] "中华人民共和国中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区维护国家安全公署". www.osns.gov.cn. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[3] "中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区维护国家安全公署在香港揭牌-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[Morrison_and_Foerster-4] "Hong Kong National Security Law Promulgated, Came into Effect June 30, 2020". Morrison & Foerster. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[scmp_20230719-5] Cite error: The named reference scmp_20230719 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Davis, Michael C. (2022). "Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression". Journal of Democracy. 33 (1): 100–115. doi:10.1353/jod.2022.0007. S2CID 247624487.

[7] Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (48, 51). National People's Congress. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[Xinhua_jurisdiction-8] "张晓明：驻港国安公署职务行为不受香港特区管辖合情合理". Xinhua (in Chinese). 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[9] "中央党政机关、人民团体及其他机构代码". State Administration for Market Regulation. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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中華人民共和國中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區維護國家安全公署
Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Formed	1 July 2020 (2020-07-01)
Type	Deputy-ministerial level agency
Jurisdiction	Central People's Government (State Council)
Headquarters	Metropark Hotel, 148 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (Temporary)^[1] Island Pacific Hotel, 152 Connaught Road West, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong (Temporary) 15 Hoi Fan Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Permanent, Planning)
Agency executives	Dong Jingwei, Director Li Jiangzhou, Deputy Sun Qingye, Deputy
Parent department	Central National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
Parent organization	State Council of the People's Republic of China Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Child agency	Hong Kong Police National Security Department
Website	osns.gov.cn

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