（Adopted at the First Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 31， 1993）
颁布日期：19930331 　实施日期：19930331 　颁布单位：全国人大

　　Having considered the proposal submitted by Guangdong Delegation¹ for the establishment of the Preliminary Working Commission of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative² Region， the First Session of the Eighth National People's Congress， in accordance with the provisions on establishing within the year 1996 a Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by the National People's Congress as stipulated³ in the Decision of the National People's Congress on the Method for the Formation of the First Government and the First Legislative⁴ Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and seeing that the time for China to resume its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong is approaching and there is large amount of work to do to ensure the smooth transition in 1997， decides to authorize⁵ the Standing⁶ Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress to establish a preliminary working body of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region， which shall start to carry out various relevant preparatory work.