Beijing, July 3 -- China's State Council has appointed Luo Huining as national security adviser to the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of Hong Kong set up by fresh security law, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Luo previously served as the head of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party from June 2016 to November 2019, and in January 2020 was named as head of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong.The committee is Hong Kong's new security authority, which was created per the national security law enacted on Tuesday.It will oversee the national security in the city and will report to the central government. The committee is chaired by Hong Kong Chief Executiv...