Beijing listens to suggestions on HK political reforms Chen Qingqing and Bai Yunyi Published: Mar 01, 2021 11:26 PM Police vans carrying 47 people in Hong Kong, arrested in January for "conspiring to subvert state power," arrive at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Monday. The defendants aged between 23 and 64 faced the court the same day. Photo: VCG Over the week, senior central government officials on Hong Kong affairs listened to views from Hong Kong society on imminent political reforms, unleashing important messages about how to plug the loopholes in existing systems and carry on the reform process, with major consensus reached on the principle of only patriots governing Hong Kong, urgency of fixing the systematic loopholes and reforms to be led by the central government.