The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, is scheduled to attend the opening of the First Plenary Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress on 5 March in Beijing.

Mr Chui will meet with the Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Mr Liu Qibao, and the Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Mr Hu Chunhua, during the visit to the capital from 4-8 March.

The Chief-of-Cabinet of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Alexis Tam Chon Weng; the Secretary-General of the Executive Council, Ms Wallis O Lam; the Director of the Government Information Bureau, Mr Victor Chan Chi Ping; the Director of the Protocol, Public Relations and External Affairs Office, Mr Daniel Fung Sio Weng will take part in the visit.

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Ms Florinda Chan, will be Acting Chief Executive while Mr Chui is away.