Other countries should not make random comments about Hong Kong affairs, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao in Beijing Wednesday in response to the British Foreign Ministry's six-monthly Report on Hong Kong Affairs.

The British Foreign Ministry submitted a six-monthly report to the British Parliament covering the constitutional development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) from January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006.

Since Hong Kong's return to China in 1997, its constitutional development and the development of a democratic system have progressed steadily, Liu said.

"Hong Kong residents are enjoying unprecedented democratic rights legally granted to them," he added.

The Chinese government has fully implemented the principles of "One Country, Two Systems", "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and a high degree of autonomy since Hong Kong's return to China. All basic freedoms and rights legally granted to Hong Kong residents have also been fully guaranteed.

Liu said the Chinese central government has always supported the Hong Kong SAR's step by step development of a democratic system in line with its actual situation according to the Basic Law.

"Hong Kong affairs are China's domestic affairs, and foreign governments should not make random comments about them," he stressed.