This file photo dated Nov 17, 2016 shows the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Central, Hong Kong. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - The Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Friday urged the United States to immediately stop advancing the so-called "Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act."

A spokesperson for the office strongly condemned and firmly rejected the so-called act put forward by a few anti-China US congressmen, which was passed by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Thursday and will be submitted to the full senate for a vote.

The act wantonly smeared "one country, two systems," clamored for the abolition of the privileges and immunities of the HKETO in the United States and even the closure of the office, and grossly interfered in China's internal affairs including Hong Kong affairs, said the spokesperson.

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A small number of politicians in the US have deliberately concocted ill-intended acts and laws involving Hong Kong, and politicized economic and trade issues to serve their own political gains, said a spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR

Hong Kong is the largest source of trade surplus in the United States and an important place for US enterprises to invest and do business. As overseas economic and trade organizations set up by the HKSAR government, HKETOs have run smoothly, which is win-win to the economic and trade cooperation between Hong Kong and relevant countries and regions, said the spokesperson.

Ignoring the aspirations of the Hong Kong people for stability, progress and development, and disregarding the common interests of the international community in Hong Kong, a small number of politicians in the United States have deliberately concocted ill-intended acts and laws involving Hong Kong, and politicized economic and trade issues to serve their own political gains, which shows real intention of the United States to use Hong Kong to curb China, and exposed US hegemonic nature, the spokesperson noted.

The spokesperson stressed that no stigma and pressure can stop the historical trend of Hong Kong's better governance and greater prosperity, nor will it delay Hong Kong's firm pace of integrating into the overall national development.

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"It will be counterproductive if US politicians insist on pushing forward the relevant act, because it will damage US own interests and credibility," said the spokesperson.