China’s No 4 official has urged Hong Kong delegates on the country’s top political advisory body to play a greater role in tackling housing, employment, youth and elderly issues in the city to ensure the steadfast implementation of the “one country, two systems” governing principle.

Wang Huning, the fourth-ranking official in the Politburo Standing Committee of the ruling Communist Party, on Wednesday also told local delegates to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to strengthen patriotic education at home and “tell Hong Kong stories well” abroad.