Election Committee of Hong Kong

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The Election Committee of Hong Kong is a powerful, largely pro-establishment body composed of representatives from various sectors that is responsible for selecting the city’s Chief Executive under the territory’s restricted electoral system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral college ⓘ
political body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
characteristic corporate voting in many subsectors ⓘ
dominated by pro-establishment figures ⓘ
indirectly elected by limited franchise ⓘ
not based on universal suffrage ⓘ
plays decisive role in selection of Chief Executive ⓘ
restricted electorate ⓘ
sector-based representation ⓘ
composition members from commercial sectors ⓘ
members from financial sectors ⓘ
members from industrial sectors ⓘ
members from labour sector ⓘ
members from political bodies ⓘ
members from professional sectors ⓘ
members from religious sector ⓘ
members from social services sector ⓘ
members from various functional sectors ⓘ
controversy criticised as mechanism for Beijing’s control over Hong Kong leadership ⓘ
criticised for lack of democratic representation ⓘ
country China ⓘ
createdBy Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
elects Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
Election Committee constituency members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
governsProcess Chief Executive election of Hong Kong ⓘ
hasRole electoral body for some Legislative Council seats ⓘ
electoral college for Chief Executive ⓘ
nominating body for Chief Executive candidates ⓘ
jurisdiction Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
language Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalBasis Annex I of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
electoral laws of Hong Kong ⓘ
locatedIn Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

People’s Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
nominates candidates for Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
partOf governance structure of Hong Kong ⓘ
political system of Hong Kong ⓘ
politicalAlignment largely pro-Beijing ⓘ
largely pro-establishment ⓘ
reformedBy 2021 Hong Kong electoral system overhaul ⓘ
relatedTo Basic Law Annex I and Annex II ⓘ
Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
responsibleFor electing Election Committee constituency members of the Legislative Council ⓘ
electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
nominating candidates for Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
subordinateTo Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China in electoral design ⓘ
supervisedBy Electoral Affairs Commission of Hong Kong ⓘ
usedFor selection of Chief Executive under restricted electoral system ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region → nominatedBy → Election Committee of Hong Kong ⓘ
subject linked to: Chief Executive
Election Committee of Hong Kong → elects → Election Committee constituency members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Election Committee of Hong Kong
Chief Executive of Hong Kong → nominatedBy → Election Committee of Hong Kong ⓘ
2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election → electoralCollege → Election Committee of Hong Kong ⓘ