President Xi meets incoming HKSAR chief executive

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the newly appointed chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), in Beijing, capital of China, April 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping met Tuesday with Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the newly appointed chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Lam won the chief executive election with 777 of 1,163 valid votes on March 26. She is expected to assume office on July 1, 2017.