The Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged the United States, Canada and a number of other countries to stop their political manipulation by updating travel warnings to the HKSAR.

The office on Saturday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition towards certain countries for slandering the national security law in Hong Kong and the city’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, and smearing the rule of law and human rights situation in the SAR.

A spokesman for the office stressed that the national security law in Hong Kong is in line with the spirit of the rule of law and international prevailing practices, fully protect the normal activities of foreign institutions and personnel in Hong Kong, and the crimes are clearly defined.

The spokesman added that the travel warnings of relevant countries ignored objective facts, maliciously derogated Hong Kong’s international reputation and attempted to obstruct normal business and personnel exchanges.

The office strongly urged relevant countries to stop vilifying Hong Kong’s national security legislation, revoke false travel warnings, adjust erroneous ratings, and remove the stumbling block hindering exchanges and cooperation with Hong Kong.

The SAR government also strongly condemned slanders and smears against the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance made by the US and Canada in the pretext of updating travel advisory regarding Hong Kong.

It firmly opposes any attempt to use intimidation to achieve their political agenda and disrupt legitimate people-to-people exchanges and activities in the business sector.

The government urges relevant countries to stop resorting to political tricks like updating travel advisories regarding Hong Kong to stand in Hong Kong’s way of safeguarding national security.