(Adopted at the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress on 4 April 1990, amended, as approved at the Sixteenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress on 28 August 2010, and amended at the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress on 30 March 2021)
The Election Committee shall be composed of 1,500 members from the following sectors:
| First Sector: Industrial, commercial and financial sectors | 300 |
| Second Sector: The professions | 300 |
| Third Sector: Grassroots, labour, religious and other sectors | 300 |
| Fourth Sector: Members of the Legislative Council, representatives of district organisations and other organisations | 300 |
| Fifth Sector: HKSAR deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC), HKSAR members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations | 300 |
Members of the Election Committee must be permanent residents of the HKSAR
The term of office of the Election Committee shall be five years.
The delimitation of and the number of seats allocated to each sector of the Election Committee are as follows:
The First Sector shall be composed of the following 18 subsectors:
| Industrial (first) | 17 |
| Industrial (second) | 17 |
| Textiles and garment | 17 |
| Commercial (first) | 17 |
| Commercial (second) | 17 |
| Commercial (third) | 17 |
| Finance | 17 |
| Financial services | 17 |
| Insurance | 17 |
| Real estate and construction | 17 |
| Transport | 17 |
| Import and export | 17 |
| Tourism | 17 |
| Hotel | 16 |
| Catering | 16 |
| Wholesale and retail | 17 |
| Employers' Federation of Hong Kong | 15 |
| Small and medium enterprises | 15 |
The Second Sector shall be composed of the following 10 subsectors:
| Technology and innovation | 30 |
| Engineering | 30 |
| Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape | 30 |
| Accountancy | 30 |
| Legal | 30 |
| Education | 30 |
| Sports, performing arts, culture and publication | 30 |
| Medical and health services | 30 |
| Chinese medicine | 30 |
| Social welfare | 30 |
The Third Sector shall be composed of the following five subsectors:
| Agriculture and fisheries | 60 |
| Labour | 60 |
| Grassroots associations | 60 |
| Associations of Chinese fellow townsmen | 60 |
| Religious | 60 |
The Fourth Sector shall be composed of the following five subsectors:
| Members of the Legislative Council | 90 |
| Heung Yee Kuk | 27 |
| Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon | 76 |
| Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories | 80 |
| Representatives of associations of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland | 27 |
The Fifth Sector shall be composed of the following two subsectors:
| HKSAR deputies to the NPC and HKSAR members of the CPPCC National Committee | 190 |
| Representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations | 110 |
The Election Committee shall be constituted in the following manner:
| (1) |
HKSAR deputies to the NPC, HKSAR members of the CPPCC National Committee, Hong Kong members of the Committee for the Basic Law of the HKSAR under the NPC Standing Committee, members of the Legislative Council, university presidents or chairpersons of the board of governors or the council of universities, and responsible persons of statutory bodies, advisory bodies and relevant associations of the subsectors of engineering (15), architectural, surveying, planning and landscape (15), education (5), medical and health services (15) and social welfare (15) shall be Election Committee members of the corresponding subsectors. An HKSAR deputy to the NPC or an HKSAR member of the CPPCC National Committee may choose to register as an Election Committee member in a subsector other than one in the Fifth Sector with which he or she has a substantial connection. If an HKSAR deputy to the NPC or an HKSAR member of the CPPCC National Committee is registered as an Election Committee member in a subsector other than one in the Fifth Sector, his or her seat shall be counted as one in that subsector and the number of members to be returned by that subsector in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be reduced accordingly. After the registration of HKSAR deputies to the NPC and HKSAR members of the CPPCC National Committee as Election Committee members of the relevant subsectors, the number of members to be returned by those subsectors in accordance with paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection, as determined by the provision in this sub-paragraph, shall remain unchanged within the term of office of the Election Committee. |
| (2) |
Election Committee members of the religious subsector shall be nominated; 15 members of the technology and innovation subsector shall be nominated from among Hong Kong academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering; 15 members of the accountancy subsector shall be nominated from among Hong Kong Accounting Advisors appointed by the Ministry of Finance; 9 members of the legal subsector shall be nominated from among Hong Kong members of the Council of the China Law Society; 15 members of the sports, performing arts, culture and publication subsector shall be nominated respectively by the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Hong Kong Member Association and Hong Kong Publishing Federation; 15 members of the Chinese medicine subsector shall be nominated from among Hong Kong members of the Council of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies; and The 27 members of the subsector of representatives of associations of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland shall be nominated by such associations. |
| (3) |
Election Committee members of a subsector, except for those specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, shall be elected by eligible corporate voters for the corresponding subsector. Eligible corporate voters for subsectors shall be composed of institutions, organisations, associations or enterprises which are representative and specified by law. Unless specified in the electoral law of the HKSAR, an association or enterprise may become a corporate voter for a subsector only if it has been operating for not less than three years after acquiring relevant qualifications for that subsector. Election Committee members of subsectors -- the Heung Yee Kuk, representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories in the Fourth Sector and representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations in the Fifth Sector may be elected by individual voters. A candidate for Election Committee member of a subsector shall be nominated by five voters for the subsector. The number of candidates each voter for a subsector may nominate shall not exceed the number of seats allocated to the subsector. Voters for a subsector of the Election Committee shall elect Election Committee members of that subsector from the list of nominations by secret ballot. |
The specific method for returning the Election Committee members referred to in the preceding subsection, including the definition of statutory bodies, advisory bodies, relevant associations and eligible corporate voters for relevant subsectors, the method for nomination of candidates and the method for voting shall be prescribed by the electoral law of the HKSAR.
The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee of the HKSAR shall be responsible for reviewing and confirming the eligibility of candidates for Election Committee members and for the office of Chief Executive. The Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the HKSAR shall, on the basis of the review by the department for safeguarding national security of the Police Force of the HKSAR, make findings as to whether a candidate for Election Committee member or for the office of Chief Executive meets the legal requirements and conditions of upholding the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and swearing allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and issue an opinion to the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee of the HKSAR in respect of a candidate who fails to meet such legal requirements and conditions.
No legal proceedings may be instituted in respect of a decision made by the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee of the HKSAR on the eligibility of a candidate for Election Committee member or for the office of Chief Executive pursuant to the opinion of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the HKSAR.
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