By Xinhua
Hong Kong : Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived here Friday to attend celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China and the swearing-in of the third-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
Hu – also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission – was accompanied by his wife Liu Yongqing.
Hu told reporters at the airport: "the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China is a happy event for Hong Kong and for the whole country as well."
He added that the HKSAR government has gained experience in successfully running Hong Kong under the principle of "one country, two systems."
HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang and his wife Selina Tsang, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Andrew Li Kwok-nang, and the Chief Secretary for Administration Rafael Hui Si-yan, among others, greeted Hu and his entourage at the airport.