新華社香港6月30日電（記者朱基釵　陳鍵興）中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平30日下午乘專列抵達香港，出席將于7月1日舉行的慶祝香港回歸祖國25周年大會暨香港特別行政區(qū)第六屆政府就職典禮，并視察香港。

6月30日下午，中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平乘專列抵達香港，出席將于7月1日舉行的慶祝香港回歸祖國25周年大會暨香港特別行政區(qū)第六屆政府就職典禮，并視察香港。這是習近平和夫人彭麗媛向歡迎的人群揮手致意。 新華社記者 謝環(huán)馳 攝

15時10分許，習近平乘坐的專列徐徐駛入高鐵香港西九龍站。習近平和夫人彭麗媛步出車廂，香港特別行政區(qū)行政長官林鄭月娥和丈夫林兆波上前迎接。歡迎儀式上，香港警察樂隊奏響熱情的歡迎曲，充滿精氣神的舞獅歡騰跳躍，數百名香港青少年和各界群眾代表揮動國旗、特別行政區(qū)區(qū)旗和鮮花，表達熱烈的歡迎。習近平和彭麗媛向歡迎的人群揮手致意。

習近平這次赴港受到海內外高度關注，中外記者在現場等候。習近平走到采訪區(qū)，向在場記者問好。他表示，明天，是香港回歸祖國25周年慶典日，全國各族人民將和香港同胞一道慶祝這件喜事。我向香港同胞致以熱烈祝賀和美好祝愿。

習近平指出，我一直關注著香港，掛念著香港，我的心和中央政府的心始終同香港同胞在一起。過去一個時期，香港經受一次次嚴峻考驗，戰(zhàn)勝一個個風險挑戰(zhàn)，歷經風雨后，香港浴火重生，展現出蓬勃的生機。事實證明，“一國兩制”具有強大生命力，是確保香港長期繁榮穩(wěn)定、維護香港同胞福祉的好制度。

習近平強調，行而不輟，未來可期。只要毫不動搖堅持“一國兩制”，香港的未來一定會更加美好，香港一定能為中華民族偉大復興作出新的更大貢獻。

中共中央政治局委員、中央書記處書記、中央辦公廳主任丁薛祥，中共中央政治局委員、中央軍委副主席許其亮，全國人大常委會副委員長沈躍躍，國務委員兼外交部長王毅，全國政協副主席、國務院港澳事務辦公室主任夏寶龍等陪同人員一同抵達。

全國政協副主席梁振英，香港特別行政區(qū)候任行政長官李家超，香港特別行政區(qū)終審法院首席法官張舉能、財政司司長陳茂波、律政司司長鄭若驊、立法會主席梁君彥、行政會議非官守議員召集人陳智思等前往車站迎接。

中央政府駐香港聯絡辦公室主任駱惠寧，中央政府駐香港維護國家安全公署署長鄭雁雄，外交部駐香港特派員公署特派員劉光源，中國人民解放軍駐香港部隊司令員彭京堂、政委賴如鑫等也到車站迎接。

President Xi arrives in Hong Kong for anniversary celebrations

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong by train on Thursday afternoon.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will attend a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on July 1.

Xi will also inspect the HKSAR.

Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan were greeted by HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam and her husband Lam Siu-por at the West Kowloon high-speed rail station.
Hundreds of Hong Kong young people and members of the public waved flags and flowers at the welcome ceremony featuring the performance by the Hong Kong Police Band and lion dancing.

Xi congratulated the Hong Kong compatriots and extended his best wishes on the occasion marking the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

Xi said he has been all along concerned about and caring for Hong Kong. "My heart and the central government's heart are always with the Hong Kong compatriots."

Over a period of time, Hong Kong had withstood a series of grave tests and overcome a series of risks and challenges. Hong Kong has since emerged stronger and shown great vigor, Xi said.

Facts have proven the great vitality of "one country, two systems," which guarantees Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability and ensures the well-being of the Hong Kong compatriots, Xi said.

Xi stressed that as long as "one country, two systems" is upheld unswervingly, Hong Kong will surely have an even brighter future and make new, greater contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Leung Chun-ying and the incoming sixth-term Chief Executive of the HKSAR John Lee also attended the welcome ceremony.