China's top legislature said the Hong Kong High Court had no power to rule the city government's face mask ban unconstitutional.
Zan Tiewei, a spokesperson for the Chinese Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC), said only China's national legislature could determine whether Hong Kong laws comply with the Basic Law of Hong Kong.
“No other authority has to right to make judgments and decisions," Zan said, adding that the Monday court ruling had "severely weakened" the chief executive's governing power.
