On March 6, Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the joint group meeting of members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from Hong Kong and Macao. After listening carefully to the speeches of the members, Ding Xuexiang said that in the past year, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has united and led the entire party and people of all ethnic groups across the country to successfully complete the main goals and tasks of economic and social development, and Chinese-style modernization has taken new and solid steps. With the strong support of the central government and under the leadership of the chief executives and governments of the SARs, Hong Kong and Macao have achieved new breakthroughs and shown new vitality in their development. Ding Xuexiang emphasized that we must shoulder the important mission of practicing "one country, two systems" in the new era, build a solid barrier to safeguard national security, consolidate and enhance the unique status and advantages of Hong Kong and Macao, promote Hong Kong and Macao to better integrate into the overall national development, and make greater contributions to building a strong country and national rejuvenation. I hope that all members will continue to work hard and make contributions to jointly write a new chapter of prosperity and development for Hong Kong and Macao.