Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong

The constitutional and mainland affairs bureau of Hong Kong is set up so as to see that the basic law is implemented and followed by the HKSAR which was established in the 1997 when the basic law was started. The bureau also helps in maintaining a good rapport between the central government and the HKSAR government.  The bureau ensures that all the matters involving the HKSAR, the central government or the Hong Kong province or all together, are solved or resolved in accordance with the basic law established with the establishment of the HKSAR.  The constitutional and mainland affairs bureau of Hong Kong also sees to it that the elections conducted are conducted fairly and without any disturbances, smoothly.

The constitutional and mainland affairs bureau works against malpractices and keeps in check that all the actions conducted in the province are as suggested by the basic law. The organization of the bureau is so set up so as to promote this cause that the government works for. The head of the department is the secretary for constitutional and mainland affairs, who decides and sets tasks and goals for the affairs bureau. The tasks assigned by the secretary are to be followed and completed by the rest of the organization level employees of the bureau.  The next in order are the under secretary and the permanent secretary and the under secretary who see to it that the orders of the secretary are followed by the subordinate departments.  Below the under secretary and the permanent secretary are the deputy assistants which head the various departments of the bureau and keep in check the working of the department assigned to them. These assistants report to the under and permanent secretaries which keep a follow up of an assigned task and keep the secretary up to date with the progress.

The fair idea of the issues handled by the constitutional and mainland affairs bureau are given above. But, some of the issues handled by the bureau are, the joint declaration, the basic law, the HKSAR interactions with mainland system, electoral and election matters, external affairs of Hong Kong, etc.     

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