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Election Committee|The nomination period begins today, the election committee's power is upgraded

2021-08-05T23:14:39.370Z


The Election Committee, which has greatly upgraded its functions after the restructuring, will hold subsector elections next month. The nomination period begins today (6th) and lasts for 7 days. The new election committee has increased to 1,500 people, composed of five sectors, and many sectors are composed of groups.


The Election Committee, which has greatly upgraded its functions after the restructuring, will hold subsector elections next month. The nomination period begins today (6th) and lasts for 7 days.

The new election committee has increased to 1,500 people and is composed of five major sectors. Many sectors have changed from group votes to individual votes. The influence of the pro-democracy party has greatly reduced, and many pan-democrats have indicated that they have no intention of participating in the election.


Under the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong," the establishment has actively sent people to fight, and the list of candidates for some sectors has been released, so as to rush to attack the professional sectors where the democrats dominate in the past.

Among them, in the legal profession, Senior Counsel Tang Jiahua, former Chairman of the Police Supervision Commission Liang Dingbang, and Law Society President Peng Yunxi formed a list of 15 people to win support from the industry. It is expected that all seats will be elected.


The new election committee has increased to 1,500 people and is composed of five major sectors. The group votes of many sectors have been changed to individual votes. The influence of the democrats has greatly decreased, and many pan-democratic professionals have stated that they have no intention of running for the election.

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The new election committee consists of 5 sectors with a total of 1,500 members, with 300 people from all sectors.

Among them, the first sector is the "industry and commerce, financial sector" and 15 new SME sectors are added; the second sector is the "professional sector". The number of seats has been reduced to 30; the third sector is "labor, social service, religion, etc.", with 60 new grassroots associations and community associations each; the fourth sector is "legislative council members, representatives of regional organizations, etc.". Among them, the original 117 district council members were abolished; the fifth sector was newly added as the "representative sector of representatives of the National People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Hong Kong members of the national group."

The election committee can nominate and elect members and chief executives

After the restructuring of the Election Committee, the power of the election committee has been greatly increased. The chief executive candidate must be nominated jointly by no less than 188 members of the Election Committee and no less than 15 nomination votes from each of the five major sectors in order to enter the gate. ".

In addition, candidates for the Legislative Council must be nominated by 2 to 4 election committees from each of the five sectors before they can "enter the gate." The new Legislative Council will have 90 seats, 40 of which are elected by the electoral committee.

The election committee has a convener system, responsible for convening meetings of the election committee when necessary and handling related matters.

The general convener shall be a member of the Election Committee who holds the leading position of the state, and the general convener shall designate several conveners in each sector of the election committee.

Part of the construction sector's alias list is released

Recently, the organizational system has been released in a number of professional sectors, including architecture, surveying, urban planning and gardening. The last democratic party nearly swept 30 seats, but after the election reform, 15 seats in this session are ex officio members, and the other 15 seats are elected Produced, changed from individual votes to group votes in the past, and it is almost certain that the establishment will win.

The list of candidates for the construction, survey, planning, and garden sector has been exposed recently. A number of institutional candidates who failed in the previous session have returned to the election this year, including the former National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Lin Yunfeng, and the former president of the Institute of Surveyors, including 15 people including He Juye. "Offering & Promising" symbolizes dedication to the industry and society.

Pan Letao and Ma Shaoxiang selected engineering circles

In the engineering sector, Panmin succeeded in gaining a foothold in this sector last term, but after the restructuring, 15 of the 30 seats were elected by ex officio members, and the other 15 seats were elected.

Among them, the establishment camp formed a list of 15 people to fight a few days ago, in order to take all the elected seats. The list includes the Secretary of Justice Zheng Ruohua’s husband Pan Letao, the Chief Executive Officer of the URA Wei Zhicheng, and the former Director of the Development Bureau Ma Shaoxiang. The team has sent letters to the group voters. Seek support, emphasize support for the central government's overall governance, and will elect patriotic parliamentarians and chief executives on behalf of the industry.

The list of 15 people is named "Engineering Power (EP15)", and the members include Pan Letao, Yan Jianping, Wei Zhicheng, Li Bingquan and Deng Mingxin. 5 of them were successfully elected last term.

Other members include Ma Shaoxiang, former director of the Development Bureau, Bu Guoming, former director of the Civil Engineering Department, and Jiang Dongqiang, president of China Light and Power.

Tang Jiahua and Liang Dingbang's 15-member roster battle against the legal profession

As for the legal profession, of the 30 seats after the restructuring, 6 of them are ex officio seats, held by Hong Kong members of the Basic Law Committee, 9 seats are nominated by the Hong Kong directors of the Chinese Law Society, and the remaining 15 seats are elected by elections, all of which will be group votes.

Tang Jiahua, member of the guild, Liang Dingbang, former chairman of the IPCC, Peng Yunxi, chairman of the Law Society, and Liu Hanquan, former chairman of the Law Society, formed a list of candidates.

When interviewed, Tang Jiahua stated that he had been in the industry for 50 years and had served as the chairman of the Bar Association and believed that he was representative.

Only 8,000 voters in this session of the Election Committee fell 97%

According to an announcement by the Registration and Electoral Office, the official voter register contains 7,971 voters, a net increase of 80 over the temporary register. Compared with the 240,000 voters in the 2016 Election Committee election, the number of registered voters this year has dropped by nearly 97%.

Election Committee ︱ Tang Jiahua, Liang Dingbang, and Peng Yunxi form a list of legal circles Tang: I am a representative Election Committee|Voter registration is released Electors "Da Masha" all settled in the Real Estate Construction Sector Election Committee︱The official voter register will be published tomorrow, a net increase of 80 voters compared with the provisional register. The Election Committee. "Following" the Election Committee︱Election nomination period starts on Friday. Candidates must submit a supplementary information form to the Council

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