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Two systems, two decades - San Francisco

Luo Linquan (center), consul general at the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, offers a toast to distinguished guests and diplomats at a gathering on Wednesday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the China motherland. Thanks to the "one country, two systems" policy, Hong Kong has remained as vigorous, vibrant, stable and prosperous over the past two decades as it has been in the past, Luo said. Ren Faqiang / For China Daily