Full coverage: Top Chinese legislator attends Belt and Road Summit

China’s top legislator is in Hong Kong, where he has given a key note speech at a forum on the Belt and Road cooperation initiative.

HONG KONG, May 18, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Summit sponsored by the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), in Hong Kong, south China, May 18, 2016. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

The Chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, Zhang Dejiang, inspected the Government Secretariat of the Hong Kong SAR. He was briefed by principal officials of the SAR government on their work.

Zhang began a three-day inspection trip in the Special Administrative Region Tuesday. This is the first visit by a central government leader since 2012, when then-President Hu Jintao participated in the 15th anniversary celebrations of Hong Kong’s return to China.

As well as his attendance at the Belt and Road forum, Zhang will also meet with Hong Kong’s business and community leaders.