Hong Kong SAR is full of National Day festive atmosphere on October 1, 2025. Photo: VCG

　　China on Tuesday released a white paper on Hong Kong"s efforts to safeguard national security, comprehensively reviewing the practice of the special administrative region"s national security practices, highlighting the central government"s fundamental responsibility for national security affairs in the city and its staunch backing for the city"s safeguarding role.

　　Analysts said the white paper was issued at the right time after the successful implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong and anti-China riots instigator Jimmy Lai Chee-ying"s conviction and sentencing for national security offenses. It explains the intrinsic logic linking national security with the steady implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, clears up confusion, misunderstandings, and misinterpretations surrounding the issue of safeguarding China"s national security in the special administrative region, serving as a powerful rebuttal to politically-driven accusations and criticism against China regarding Hong Kong affairs, some analysts said.

　　Consisting of five parts in addition to a preface and a conclusion, the document, titled "Hong Kong: Safeguarding China"s National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems," details the unrelenting fight for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong and the central government"s fundamental responsibility for national security matters concerning Hong Kong, according to the Xinhua News Agency.