Apart from the Chief Executive, the executive branch of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is composed of three tiers, the first tier is the Secretary, the second tier is the Policy Bureaux, collectively known as the "Three Divisions and Thirteen Bureaux", and the third tier is the departments. In addition, a few institutions, such as the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Audit Commission, the Chief Executive's Office and the National Security Council, are all directly under the Chief Executive.
The Department of Justice is responsible for the legal affairs of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, including initiating most criminal prosecutions, drafting all draft laws proposed by the Hong Kong Government and providing legal advice to the Hong Kong Government. The Department of Justice has no Policy Bureau. The Minister of Justice is the Secretary for Justice, and he is the Chief Legal Adviser to the Chief Executive.
The Security Bureau is one of the Policy Bureaux under the Secretary for Home Affairs. Its main task is to maintain public order in Hong Kong, including public security, entry and exit, customs, prisons, fire fighting, ambulance and so on. As early as the British colonial period, the British set up a defense department to maintain public order in Hong Kong, and the head of the department was called the defense department. 1973, the National Defense Branch was renamed the Security Branch of the Government Secretariat, and the head of the department was renamed the Secretary for Security. 1 July 19971day, after Hong Kong's reunification, the Security Branch was renamed the Security Bureau, became a policy bureau under the Secretary for Home Affairs, and was renamed the Government Secretariat. Li Jiachao, the current director, served as the Deputy Director (Management) of the Police Force and was the first Secretary for Security with a police background.
The Hong Kong Police Force is one of the departments under the Security Bureau. During the British colonial period, the English name of the police force was the Hong Kong Police Force. In some official documents of the police force, the police department is also used. Chinese names are not fixed. Sometimes it is translated into the General Arrest Department, and sometimes it is translated into the Hong Kong Police Headquarters. 1935, the police force was officially named the Hong Kong Police Force, and both the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong Police Force were used as nicknames.
The Commissioner of Police is the highest head of the Hong Kong Police Force, and all members of the Hong Kong Police Force, commonly known as "Brother One", are the highest ranks in the Hong Kong Police Force. Because in the early years, the person in charge of translation in the Hong Kong government was different every time, and the official Chinese translation of the police chief was also different. Chinese translations of names appearing in government archives include chief arresting officer, police chief, Hong Kong police and so on. 1909, the official name is Hong Kong Patrol Road for the first time; 19 17 was renamed the police department; 1930, changed to Chief Police Officer. Until 1935 was officially appointed as the police chief, it has been used ever since. The rank of Hong Kong police is based on the rank of British police, and the rank of British police is based on the rank of British army, which is generally divided into the ranks of general, captain, non-commissioned officer and soldier, and the Commissioner of Police is the rank of general.
After reunification, the Commissioner of Police was nominated by the Chief Executive and appointed by the State Council (Central People's Government). The Commissioner of Police is responsible to the Security Bureau and the Chief Executive for the management and efficiency of the police force, assisted by three deputy directors, one of whom is responsible for operations, and there are two departmental departments-Operations Branch and Crime and Security Branch; The other is in charge of management affairs, which is divided into three department-level departments: personnel training department, supervision department and financial affairs and planning department; The last one is in charge of national security and has a department-level department: the Ministry of National Security.