——行使宪法和香港基本法赋予全国人大常委会的职权。第一，对香港特别行政区立法机关制定的法律予以备案审查。截至2013年底，全国人大常委会收到香港特别行政区报请备案的法律共570件。第二，对香港基本法附件三所列在特别行政区实施的全国性法律作出增减决定。目前，共有12部全国性法律列入香港基本法附件三，并在香港实施。第三，对香港特别行政区作出新的授权。1996年，全国人大常委会即授权香港特别行政区政府指定其入境事务处为香港特别行政区受理国籍申请的机关，根据国籍法及其解释规定对所有国籍申请事宜作出处理。2006年，全国人大常委会授权香港对深圳湾口岸港方口岸区依照特别行政区法律实施管辖。第四，对香港基本法作出解释。全国人大常委会先后于1999年、2004年、2005年、2011年分别就香港永久性居民在香港以外所生中国籍子女等的居留权问题、行政长官产生办法和立法会产生办法修改的法律程序问题、补选产生的行政长官的任期问题和国家豁免原则等问题，对基本法及其附件的有关条款作出解释。第五，对香港特别行政区政制发展问题作出决定。全国人大常委会2004年对香港特别行政区2007年行政长官和2008年立法会产生办法有关问题作出决定；2007年对香港特别行政区2012年行政长官和立法会产生办法及有关普选问题作出决定。第六，批准和备案香港特别行政区行政长官和立法会产生办法修正案。2010年，批准香港特别行政区2012年行政长官产生办法修正案，同意将2012年立法会产生办法和表决程序修正案予以备案。第七，对香港特别行政区终审法院法官和高等法院首席法官的任命或免职进行备案，等等。此外，根据香港基本法和全国人大有关决定，1997年7月1日香港基本法实施时设立的全国人大常委会香港基本法委员会，由内地和香港人士共同组成，负责就香港特别行政区立法机关制定的法律是否符合基本法关于中央管理的事务及中央和香港特别行政区的关系的条款、对附件三所列适用于香港的全国性法律的增减以及基本法的解释或修改等问题，向全国人大常委会提供意见。

　　(二)香港特别行政区依法实行高度自治

-Exercising power granted to the NPC Standing Committee by the Constitution of the PRC and the Basic Law of the HKSAR. First, the NPC Standing Committee keeps record of the laws drawn up by the legislature of the HKSAR for review. By the end of 2013, the HKSAR had reported a total of 570 local laws to the NPC Standing Committee for the record. Second, it adds or subtracts national laws applicable in the HKSAR as listed in Annex III of the Basic Law of the HKSAR. Currently, 12 national laws are listed in Annex III of the Basic Law of the HKSAR for implementation. Third, it makes new authorizations to the HKSAR. In 1996, the NPC Standing Committee empowered the HKSAR government to appoint its immigration department as the office to accept applications for nationality in the HKSAR and handle the applications in accordance with the Nationality Law and its interpretations. In 2006, the NPC Standing Committee authorized the HKSAR to run the Hong Kong section of the Shenzhen Bay Port in accordance with the laws of the HKSAR. Fourth, it makes interpretations regarding the Basic Law of the HKSAR. The NPC Standing Committee made interpretations of the related articles of the Basic Law in 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2011 on the following questions respectively: the right of abode in Hong Kong for permanent Hong Kong residents' children born outside Hong Kong and with Chinese nationality, the legal procedure for modifying the selection methods of the chief executive and the Legislative Council, the length of the term of a by-elected chief executive, and the principles of state immunity, and interpretations of relevant provisions in the Basic Law and its appendixes. Fifth, it decides on issues relating to the constitutional development in the HKSAR. The NPC Standing Committee made decisions in 2004 and 2007, respectively, on the selection method of the chief executive for 2007 and the Legislative Council for 2008, and the selection method of the chief executive, the Legislative Council and the general election for 2012. Sixth, it ratifies and keeps record of the amendments to the selection methods of the chief executive and Legislative Council of the HKSAR. In 2010, the NPC Standing Committee ratified the HKSAR's amendment to the selection method of the chief executive for 2012, agreeing to put on record the amendment to the selection method and voting procedure of the Legislative Council for 2012. Seventh, it keeps records of the appointment and removal of the judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the chief judge of the High Court of the HKSAR. In addition, according to the Basic Law of the HKSAR and relevant decisions of the NPC, the Basic Law Committee of the HKSAR of the NPC Standing Committee, established on July 1, 1997, when the Basic Law came into effect, is composed of members from the mainland and Hong Kong, and is responsible for providing opinions to the NPC Standing Committee on issues such as whether the laws drawn up by the HKSAR's legislature comply with the provisions of the Basic Law on the range of affairs responsible by the central government and the relationship between the central government and the HKSAR, on adding or subtracting the national laws applicable in Hong Kong as listed in Annex III and on the interpretation or revision of the Basic Law, and related issues.

2. The HKSAR Exercises a High Degree of Autonomy in Accordance with the Law