The 1 July demonstrations In response to strong hints out of Beijing, the SAR government had begun efforts to amend Article 23 of the Basic Law in 2002. The government hoped to clarify the nature of crimes such as treason, separatism, sedition, subversion, and stealing national secrets to establish a basis for future law enforcement.
七一震撼 2002 年起，特區政府在北京當局的強烈暗示下，開始了「基本法」23 條的修訂立法程序，企圖對該條文涵蓋的叛國罪、分裂國家行為、煽動叛亂罪、顛覆國家罪及竊取國家機密等多項罪名，展開立法，以做為未來的執法依據。