Don't "loyal waste" Deconstruct the purpose of Beijing's rectification of Hong Kong's electoral system

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Written by: Sun Lan

2021-03-07 14:40

Last update date: 2021-03-07 14:40

Beijing's reform of Hong Kong's electoral system has become one of the most concerned issues of the two sessions of China in 2021.

On March 6, Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and China’s Vice Premier in charge of Hong Kong and Macau affairs, said in an interview with the CPPCC members of the CPPCC in the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing; Help in the next step to solve Hong Kong’s economic and people’s livelihood problems and pave the way for solving deep-seated problems..."

It is not difficult to see from Han Zheng’s words that the purpose of Beijing’s leadership in reforming Hong Kong’s electoral system is not only aimed at the “anti-China chaos in Hong Kong” and the local radical separation forces’ attempts to “seize Hong Kong’s governance”, the deeper purpose is to serve Solve deep-seated contradictions in Hong Kong society.

In this sense, Beijing's rectification of Hong Kong's electoral system is not only aimed at the opposition, but in a sense, it is a spur and beating on the establishment and the business community.

At the Chinese National People's Congress that opened on March 5, one of the agendas was to review the "Decision on Improving Hong Kong's Electoral System (Draft)", which was the beginning of Beijing's formal rectification of Hong Kong's electoral system.

In explaining the content of the draft decision, Wang Chen, vice chairman of the National People’s Congress, criticized Hong Kong for "anti-China chaos in Hong Kong and local radical separatist forces." Governance".

Han Zheng mentioned on the above occasion that he has repeatedly asked the CPPCC to propose ways to the SAR government to effectively solve the deep-seated conflicts in Hong Kong, especially housing and economic development. In addition, it is also necessary to plan for the long-term development of Hong Kong, especially in technological innovation and economic development. In terms of transition, thinking about how to do better.

The implication is that those who govern Hong Kong need to do better in effectively solving problems such as deep-seated contradictions in Hong Kong society.

This is undoubtedly a criticism of the inadequate ability of the establishment governing Hong Kong to govern Hong Kong, and a spur on the governing Hong Kong patriots in the future.

In the words of Tian Feilong, an associate professor at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the School of Law, "What the central government is determined to create is not rubber stamps or loyal waste, but virtuous patriots.

The street movement triggered by the turmoil in Hong Kong's legislative amendments, the Hong Kong government's advances and retreats seem to be still yesterday.

In the Hong Kong District Council elections in 2019, Panmins won the vast majority of seats in the District Council elections. The establishment, which had always had a leading edge, suffered the biggest defeat since Hong Kong's return to China in 22 years.

The establishment has lost so "tragically" - out of a total of 452 elected seats in the 18 districts of Hong Kong, Panmin won 385 seats and gained control of the district council. The establishment has only 59 seats left, and lost the right to speak in the district council. It surprised all walks of life and even Beijing's central government.

The legislative amendments involving a large number of young people and students hide behind the problems of deep-seated contradictions in Hong Kong society.

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The outside world thinks that Beijing's reform of Hong Kong's electoral system is aiming at the general public.

However, everyone in Hong Kong knows that the reason why Hong Kong's problems are structural is that the Hong Kong problem is by no means a simple pan-democratic or "Hong Kong independence" can explain it.

What Tian Feilong referred to as "loyal waste", that is, a large number of establishment forces who are incapable and only know to shout loyal slogans, have also been regarded by Beijing as a force that hinders the long-term stability of Hong Kong.

It is the consensus of the people of Hong Kong that we cannot contribute our efforts in times of chaos, and that we cannot practice the "governance" in "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" in peacetime.

In many cases, Hong Kong people's "distaste" towards Beijing does not come from Beijing, but rather their indignation at the incompetence of Beijing's "spokesperson" in Hong Kong.

In recent years, Beijing has repeatedly emphasized that Hong Kong should make great efforts to resolve deep-seated contradictions such as housing difficulties and the disparity between the rich and the poor, but the results have not been effective. In addition to the system problem, there is naturally also the problem of insufficient ability to govern Hong Kong.

With the current political and social realities in Hong Kong, if we want to make great achievements in resolving deep-seated contradictions in Hong Kong, while carrying out structural reforms, the ability of those who govern Hong Kong is also the key.

If Hong Kong wants to go from chaos to governance, the two are indispensable.

The most obvious manifestation of the deep-seated contradictions in Hong Kong society is: high housing prices, wide gap between rich and poor, single economic structure, hollow industry, and difficulty for young people to move upwards... Take the housing problem as an example, compared to the "four big families" earning money in the real estate sector Acquire huge wealth and help Hong Kong become the most expensive city in the world. The poor living conditions of ordinary people in Hong Kong have long been a consensus in the society. For young people who are new to society, housing is even more hopeful and unattainable. Rent The pressure has long been overwhelmed.

The high rents and high property prices in Hong Kong have not only brought considerable living and spiritual burdens to young people’s lives, but also stifled many of their development space and possibilities. Many capable people have come to Shenzhen and so on. To seek development.

And those young people who are at the bottom of Hong Kong society who cannot go out naturally live in hopelessness and become an important source of dissatisfaction and resistance among young people in Hong Kong towards the Hong Kong government.

Of course, all of this may not be entirely blamed on the business community, because capital pursuit of profit is the nature of businessmen.

Beijing’s rectification of Hong Kong’s electoral system and other changes in Hong Kong’s governance policies show that Hong Kong is based on the colonial era and has continued to this day under the governance model of "co-governance between politics and business"-the business sector is the real leader in government decision-making, and officials are often reduced to business circles. The executor of the "policy"-a high probability will come to an end.

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