Deng Zhonghua (; September 1961) is a Chinese government official. He was appointed as the Deputy Director of the

Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office The Hong Kong and Macao Work Office, concurrently known as the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (HMO), is an administrative office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party responsible for promoting cooper ...

(HKMAO) in 2018. In June 2020, Deng said that Beijing would reserve the right to handle "rare" cases involving the National Security Law.

Early life

Deng Zhonghua was born in September 1961, in

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Career

In 1986, Deng started his public career in China's

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' (MFA) Office of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, and was eventually promoted to serve as the head of the legal team. In 2000, Deng was appointed as the deputy consul-general of the Consulate-General in Melbourne. In 2004, he returned to the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Department of the MFA and was eventually appointed as its head. In 2011, he was appointed as the Director-General of the Department of Frontiers and Seas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this period, he participated in the work of sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea, including the Sino-Philippine negotiations during the

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. In 2017, Deng was transferred to the Chinese Communist Party's

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, managing the inspection team for the

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. In 2018, Deng Zhonghua returned to the field of Hong Kong and Macao affairs, becoming the deputy director of the deputy director of the

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, while being promoted to be a member of the

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Hong Kong national security law

On 9 November 2020, Deng was sanctioned by the United States under

Executive Order 13936 Executive Order 13936, entitled "The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization", is an executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on July 14, 2020. On the same day Trump had signed into law Hong Kong Autonomy Act, one ...

for his role in implementing the Hong Kong national security law. On 17 March 2021, US Secretary of State

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submitted an updated report to the

Hong Kong Autonomy Act The Hong Kong Autonomy Act is legislation passed by the United States Congress following the enactment in June 2020 by the Chinese Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the Hong Kong national security law. The Act was signe ...

, and again named Deng as one of the 24 people "whose actions have reduced Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy".

Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies

Deng left the HKMAO in 2022 and started his position as president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies.

References

External links

Resume of Deng Zhonghua
at Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council (in Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Deng, Zhonghua Living people Chinese government officials 1961 births Government officials of Hong Kong Hong Kong legal professionals