Legislative Council Members-elect sworn in the new Ding accounted for more than 90 members of the three major backgrounds

The new legislator-designate took the oath this morning (3rd), and the oath will be supervised by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

Under the new electoral system, in the past, the democratic parties were absent from the elections, and most of the seats were obtained by the establishment. In addition to the traditional party members who were successfully re-elected, more of them were "parliamentary newcomers" who joined them. What background do they have?

How will the new council change?

Unlike previous sessions, among the 90 legislators in the new parliament, nearly two-thirds are newcomers from traditional political parties, representatives of the National People’s Congress, Chinese state-owned enterprises, etc., as well as individuals who participated in politics for the first time. For example, Guan Haoming, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education of the Hong Kong Anglican Church, the first religious representative, Zhang Xinyu, the "Hong Kong New Direction" of the Hong Kong Politics Group, and many think tank scholars.

1. Traditional established political parties occupy more than half of the seats in the parliament

In the next four years, the establishment will account for a large proportion of the parliament. More than half of them will be established parties, including the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, the largest party with 19 seats. The number of seats is more than double the 8 seats in the previous term. The Federation of Trade Unions won 8 seats. , The Pakatan Harapan has 7 seats.

Many of the elected members are from the Mesozoic era of political parties, such as Chen Yingxin from the Federation of Trade Unions, Yan Wenyu, and Liang Xi from the DAB.

In addition to political parties, established organizations such as the Federation of Education, the Kowloon Federation of Societies, and the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups also received a total of 8 seats, more seats than before.

2. The increase in the number of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC National Team also includes Chinese-funded representatives

Vice Chairman Chen Yongxun of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of the People's Republic of China and the "CPPCC Representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress" entered the parliament. The chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions Wu Qiubei, the executive committee of the All-China Women's Federation Chen Manqi, current members Liao Changjiang, and Ma Fengguo are also deputies to the Hong Kong National People's Congress.

In the new parliament, 21 elected members are the Hong Kong National People's Congress or the CPPCC, and 8 are provincial or municipal CPPCC members, accounting for nearly one-third of the parliament as a whole.

Many representatives of Chinese-funded and state-owned enterprises have been added to this session of the assembly, such as Li Haoran, Chief Strategy Officer of China Resources Group's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Tan Yueheng, Chairman of Bank of Communications International Holdings Co., Ltd., and Yan Yan, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Just waiting for someone.

3. Think tank scholars participate in politics

Among the new members of the parliament, there are many think tank scholars and university professors with a certain academic level, including Huang Yuanshan, senior vice president and dean of the Public Policy Research Institute of Solidarity Hong Kong Fund, Zhou Wengang, deputy director of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, and Liu Zhipeng, associate vice president of Lingnan University, etc. people.

The number of members with mainland background in the new parliament has increased. 12 people have received higher education in the mainland, and 5 of them have bachelor or above degrees studying in the mainland, including the former district councilor of the DAB, Li Shirong, and the chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions Wu Qiubei , And the aforementioned representatives of Chinese-funded enterprises Li Haoran, Tan Yueheng and Yan Gang are different from the previous session.

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