Mike Pompeo said that Hong Kong is no longer entitled to autonomy, when China is expected to enact special zone security laws.

"No one who thinks logically can say that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy with mainland China, when looking at the current situation," Pompeo said on May 27 from Washington.

"I confirmed to Congress that Hong Kong was no longer eligible to be treated the way US law had applied to Hong Kong before July 1997," Pompeo said, referring to the time the city was handed over to China.

At the end of last year, the United States introduced the Law on Democracy and Human Rights in Hong Kong, requiring the US Secretary of State to annually confirm whether Hong Kong maintains its autonomy or not, so that the special zone will enjoy preferential treatment from the US.

Hong Kong enjoys privileges such as the acquisition of sensitive technologies, guarantees the free exchange between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar, negotiating independent trade and investment agreements with Beijing.

Trump will be the one to decide whether or not the Hong Kong concession is being enjoyed.

A new security bill for Hong Kong was submitted on the opening day of the annual parliamentary session in China on May 22.

Pro-democracy MPs in Hong Kong strongly criticize the law, saying it goes against the "one-state, two-regime" model, under which Beijing is committed to upholding the city's freedoms.

Meanwhile, Beijing affirmed the bill to strengthen the principle of "one country, two regimes", serving interests and supporting Hong Kong's development.