President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan inspected Hong Kong between June 29 and July 1 to attend the activities in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the Inaugural Ceremony of the Fifth Term Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. They visited a number of places and met with people from various sectors. On June 30, President Xi visited the Junior Police Call (JPC) Permanent Activity Centre and Integrated Youth Training Camp at Pat Heung to meet some youngsters.

President Xi was briefed by JPC members on the aim of setting up the JPC Scheme, the facilities and training concept of the Training Camp. He then watched the leadership and physical training sessions and chatted with some JPC members before posing for a group photo.

Noting that the Hong Kong Police Force attaches great importance to law-related education among the youth, President Xi described this as a far-sighted and forward-looking move. He added that the JPC Scheme has played a long-term positive role in nurturing local youngsters' law-abiding awareness and sense of responsibility as well as strengthening their health. He hailed the JPC Training Camp as a meaningful facility for cultivating more socially responsible young people.

Joining the President's visit were Chief Executive Mr C Y Leung, Secretary for Security Mr Lai Tung-kwok, Commissioner Lo Wai-chung, Permanent Secretary for Security Mr Law Chi-kong and Under Secretary for Security Mr Lee Ka-chiu.

The Chief Executive announced in the 2016 Policy Address that the Police would adopt a host of measures to enhance the JPC and youth work, including the setting up of this Training Camp to provide discipline, physical and team-building training for youths. Covering an area of 29 000 square metres, the Training Camp has various facilities including sports climbing facilities, an artificial turf soccer pitch, an indoor sports hall and rooms for computing and creative activities as well as crime scene investigation training. It is planned to be open in mid-August this year.

The JPC Scheme was set up in 1974 with an aim to encouraging members to join hands with the community in the fight against crime and providing leadership training to the youth. Over a million people have taken part in the scheme and the current number of members exceeds 180 000.