Election Committee of Hong Kong

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electoral college political body

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Election Committee of Hong Kong canonical	3
Election Committee constituency members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electoral college ⓘ political body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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 ⓘ surface form: National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
elects	Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ Election Committee of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
legalBasis	Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ surface form: 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, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong China ⓘ surface form: People’s Republic of 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 of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ surface form: 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	State Council policy system of China ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Chief Executive → nominatedBy → Election Committee of Hong Kong ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Election Committee of Hong Kong → elects → Election Committee of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Election Committee constituency members of the Legislative Council 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 ⓘ