Editing One country, two systems (section)

=== Potential extension ===
Several high level members of the government have expressed a potential extension of the system beyond 2047 for Hong Kong. In January 2020, [[Carrie Lam]] stated that "My view is this: as long as we persist with the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, push forward the implementation of 'One Country, Two Systems' and have a full understanding and implementation of the principle... then we have adequate reason to believe that 'One Country, Two Systems' will be implemented smoothly and in the long term, and it will not change after 2047."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Kris |date=2020-01-16 |title='One Country, Two Systems' could remain unchanged after 2047, says Hong Kong's Carrie Lam |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/01/16/one-country-two-systems-remain-unchanged-2047-says-hong-kongs-carrie-lam/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413184706/https://hongkongfp.com/2020/01/16/one-country-two-systems-remain-unchanged-2047-says-hong-kongs-carrie-lam/ |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Additionally, in a June 2020 online webinar to campaign for the [[2020 Hong Kong national security law|National Security Law]], [[Zhang Xiaoming]] said that the National Security Law would ensure that the freedoms granted to the city can be extended beyond 2047.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cheung |first1=Tony |last2=Wong |first2=Natalie |date=2020-06-08 |title=Security law to extend, not erode Hong Kong freedoms beyond 2047 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3088031/deng-xiaoping-always-believed-mainland-could-step-if |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102160244/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3088031/deng-xiaoping-always-believed-mainland-could-step-if |archive-date=2 November 2020 |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> However, neither Carrie Lam or Zhang Xiaoming have promised such an extension or laid out concrete steps or goals in order for it to happen.<ref>{{cite web |title=大国崛起准备的理论启示 |url=https://www.siis.org.cn/updates/cms/old/shgjwt201512107417/UploadFiles/file/20161229/%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E5%B1%95%E6%9C%9B2013%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC6%E6%9C%9F%20%E6%AD%A3%E6%96%87.pdf |website=siis.org |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>

In October 2021, Carrie Lam reiterated that she believed the system would be extended beyond 2047, stating "Anybody would seriously ask: why do we have to change it? But of course, something more concrete will have to come out later on to give the needed assurance about the continuation of the common law system, the monetary system, the professional recognition system, maybe some land leases."<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Country, Two Systems to last beyond 2047: CE |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1614128-20211008.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008061807/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1614128-20211008.htm |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=RTHK |language=en-gb}}</ref>

In March 2022, [[Xia Baolong]], head of the [[Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office]], said that after 2047, the "one country, two systems" could be extended by another 50 years, until 2097.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=City's autonomy could last beyond 2047 |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/187936/City%27s-autonomy-could-last-beyond-2047 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309125007/https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/187936/City%27s-autonomy-could-last-beyond-2047 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2022, [[Leung Chun-ying]], former chief executive, said that he expected the system to be extended past 2047.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=CY Leung expects "one country, two systems" to go beyond 2047 |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/191845/CY-Leung-expects-%E2%80%98one-country,-two-systems%E2%80%99-to-go-beyond-2047 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702173220/https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/191845/CY-Leung-expects-%E2%80%98one-country,-two-systems%E2%80%99-to-go-beyond-2047 |archive-date=2 July 2022 |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref>

On 1 July 2022, during a [[2022 Xi Jinping visit to Hong Kong|visit to Hong Kong]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Xi Jinping]] made a promise that the system is a long-term policy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong will stay a common law jurisdiction: SJ |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1674682-20221108.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108190615/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1674682-20221108.htm |archive-date=8 November 2022 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=RTHK |language=en-gb}}</ref>

In February 2024, Xia Baolong said that the system would be kept permanently.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheung |first=Ezra |last2=Lo |first2=Hoi-ying |last3=Wu |first3=Willa |date=2024-02-26 |title=Hong Kong governing principle to be permanent feature, top Beijing official says |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3253216/beijing-attaches-great-importance-hong-kong-countrys-global-finance-hub-xia-baolong-tells-local |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240226191728/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3253216/beijing-attaches-great-importance-hong-kong-countrys-global-finance-hub-xia-baolong-tells-local |archive-date=26 February 2024 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>