The Hong Kong National People's Congress election will be held at the Wanchai Convention and Exhibition Center at 9:00 this morning. 1,423 members of the election meeting will elect 36 Hong Kong People's Congress deputies out of 42 eligible candidates by secret ballot.
Candidates arrived at the venue one after another in the morning, including executive council member Wu Qiubei, former Secretary for Transport and Housing Chen Fan, and chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong Li Huiqiong.
[09:22] The presidium is seated. As the executive chairman of the presidium, Chief Executive Li Jiachao announced the official opening of the meeting. There are three agenda items to be voted on at the meeting.
Chief Executive Chairman Li Jiachao this morning Hong Kong District People's Congress election (screenshot of live broadcast)
[09:30] There were 1,247 people present, and it was approved by 1,242 votes. The director of voting is Huang Yushan, the current deputy to the National People's Congress, and Deng Jiabiao and other 21 voting supervisors
Hong Kong District People’s Congress Election｜42 people competed for 36 seats in the Hong Kong District People’s Congress election at 9:00 this morning｜42 people were confirmed as candidates for 36 seats in the Hong Kong District People’s Congress election｜Wu Qiubei took about 500 nominations. Sun Yat-sen’s descendants signed up: hope to unite the two sides of the strait
