The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

Government. It is scheduled to meet in the

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, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025, overlapping the six months of

Carrie Lam Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ( Cheng; ; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022. She served as Chief Secretary for Administration between 2012 and 2017 and Secr ...

as the fifth term of the

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and the sixth term of Chief Executive. The membership of the Legislative Council will be determined in the December 2021 election. Originally scheduled for 6 September 2020, Chief Executive Carrie Lam postponed the election for a whole year on 31 July 2020. On 11 March 2021, the

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(NPC) passed a decision to drastically overhaul Hong Kong electoral system, which was followed by the Carrie Lam administration promulgated the

Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance 2021 The 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes were initiated by the National People's Congress (NPC) on 11 March 2021 to "amend electoral rules and improve the electoral system" of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for its Chief Executive ...

, which changed the general election of the seventh term of the Legislative Council from 5 September to 19 December 2021. Under the Ordinance, the membership of the Legislative Council increased from 70 to 90 and the members were elected by the

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with 40 seats,

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with 30 seats, and

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with 20 seats respectively.

Major events

* 1 January 2022: Commencement of this Council's term of office. * 3 January 2022: Oath-taking ceremony. * 4 January 2022: Nomination for the president. Since there are only one candidate,

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being automatically re-elected. * 10 January 2022: Originally scheduled to be

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for the president. Cancelled due to only one candidate nominated as president and

being automatically re-elected. * 12 January 2022: Council's first session was convened. * 19 June 2022:

Horace Cheung Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan, JP (, born 30 June 1974) is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician and the former vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong. ...

, Alice Mak, Sun Dong and Nelson Lam resigned after appointed as officials of the new government headed by Chief Executive-elect

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Leadership

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( BPA)

Pro-Beijing camp

* Convenor:

Martin Liao Martin Liao Cheung-kong, JP (, born 1957) is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and a member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Commercial (Second) constituency and a barrister. Background Liao received his honor ...

* Deputy Convenor:

Starry Lee Starry Lee Wai-king, SBS, JP (, born 13 March 1974 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong politician, chairperson of the largest pro-establishment Beijing-loyalist party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (D ...

Centrist

* Convenor:

Tik Chi-yuen Tik Chi-yuen () is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and of North District Council. He is a registered social worker and chairman of the small centrist Third Side party, which he co-founded in 2015, after quitting the Democratic Part ...

(as the only member who does not belong to the

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)

Secretariat

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Composition

List of Members

Seat change

Committees

* House Committee ** Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee * Finance Committee ** Establishment Subcommittee ** Public Works Subcommittee * Public Accounts Committee * Committee on Members' Interests * Committee on Rules of Procedure

Panels

* Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services * Panel on Commerce and Industry * Panel on Constitutional Affairs * Panel on Development * Panel on Economic Development * Panel on Education * Panel on Environmental Affairs * Panel on Financial Affairs * Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene * Panel on Health Services * Panel on Home Affairs * Panel on Housing * Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting * Panel on Manpower * Panel on Security * Panel on Transport * Panel on Welfare Services

Notes

References

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