China News Service, Hong Kong, September 20th, title: The new selection system is the first to practice Hong Kong’s new starting point

　　China News Agency reporter Xiang Luping

　　The results of the first election to be held after Hong Kong has perfected its electoral system-the 2021 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Election Commission (Election Commission) subsector general election, will be announced on the morning of the 20th.

This landmark election has laid a solid foundation for the SAR to fully implement the "patriots ruling Hong Kong" and promote Hong Kong to a new starting point for good governance and good governance.

　　Hong Kong was once trapped in the whirlpool of "pan-politicization", and the Legislative Council, which should have been serious about matters, often staged farce.

The evil result is not only that the legislature loses its dignity and dignity, but also makes the SAR waste time in internal consumption.

The picture shows Hong Kong voters queuing to enter.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua

　　The "Regulations Amendment Disturbance" that occurred in 2019 and the resulting "dark violence" incidents on the streets caused rampant violence, trampling on the rule of law, social disorder, and economic decline. The once "Pearl of the Orient" has lost its brilliance.

　　After the chaos, we welcome the great governance.

The Hong Kong National Security Law prevents, stops and punishes acts endangering national security, and improves the electoral system to avoid the entry of anti-China chaos in Hong Kong into the governance structure.

This set of "serial punches" played by the central government has fundamentally reversed the once worrying political environment in Hong Kong. As a result, those participating in politics have bid farewell to disputes and chaos and returned to rationality and pragmatism.

　　Among the 1,500 seats in the Election Committee, a total of 325 people were ruled to be validly registered as ex officio electors, and 156 were ruled to be validly nominated as electors. 603 candidates from 23 subsectors were automatically elected.

After a day of enthusiastic voting on the 19th and overnight vote counting, on the 20th, the electors of the Election Committee voted for 364 capable people from 13 subsectors to become the election committee.

　　This election of the Election Committee was the first practice of the new election system, and the legal and orderly process set an important tone for the next two key elections.

The new optional committee will perform the functions of nominating candidates for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council members, electing candidates for the Chief Executive and some members of the Legislative Council, and will play a pivotal role in the formation of the Chief Executive and the composition of the legislature.

　　Restructuring and increasing the empowerment of the election committee is the core of the new election system. Its structural superiority is reflected in the expansion of scale and wider representation, while strengthening the national element, which can better reflect the overall interests of Hong Kong society; its functional level Its superiority is manifested in the efficient cooperation of administrative legislation and avoiding the embarrassing situation of clever women having nothing to cook for.

　　With the announcement of the election committee list, careful media found that those super-rich who had served as members of the Chief Executive’s Election Committee for multiple terms are no longer on the list, and said that each traditional real estate business family can only have two members at most to serve as elections. Committee.

The major real estate developers in Hong Kong had considerable influence on the original Election Committee, and the above-mentioned changes may become one of the footnotes of the new election system’s emphasis on balanced participation.

　　The new selection committee has a diverse background. In addition to social elites in the traditional sense, there are also people who have lived in sub-houses, worked as taxi drivers, and worked in the pig industry.

What is striking is that the new selection committee has many young and promising new faces. New immigrants and young entrepreneurs have a place, and the youngest is the "post-95".

　　They come from different social strata and will elect the next chief executive in March next year. The future chief executive must pay more attention to the public opinion of all strata.

　　Daxing can only be welcomed after Dazhi.

The central government has worked hard to improve Hong Kong's electoral system, and intends to form a solid new situation of "patriots ruling Hong Kong" at the key level of Hong Kong governors through multiple elections in the SAR.

Most of the new optional committees are leaders in their respective fields. Their positions and experience give them the opportunity to observe outstanding potential Hong Kong rulers for a long time.

　　The new election system will create an unprecedented stable environment for future rulers of Hong Kong. It is believed that it will be able to attract more people with both ability and political integrity to join the governance structure to show their ambitions.

We look forward to the new election committee with a strong heart and power to gather energy from all walks of life to the greatest extent possible, do its utmost to appoint talents, and work together to create a better future for Hong Kong's "One Country, Two Systems" from a new starting point.

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