Politics of Macau is a framework of a politically constrained multi-party presidential system,dominated by the People's Republic of China. It includes the legislature,the judiciary,the government,and a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government,led by the Chief Executive.
Tung Chee-hwa is a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005,upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) between 2005 and 2023.
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,also known as the People's PCC or simply the PCC (政协),is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s united front system. Its members advise and put proposals for political and social issues to government bodies. However,the CPPCC is a body without real legislative power. While consultation does take place,it is supervised and directed by the CCP.
The orders of precedence in China is the ranking of political leaders in China for the purposes of event protocol and to arrange the ordering of names in official news bulletins,both written and televised. It is also sometimes used to assess perceived level of political power. Although there is no formally published ranking,there is usually an established convention and protocol,and the relative positions of Chinese political figures can usually be deduced from the order in meetings and especially by the time and order in which figures are covered by the official media. Since 1982,the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party has been the highest ranking official in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Ma Lik,GBS,JP,was a Legislative Councillor,and was the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB),a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong.
James Tien Pei-chun,GBS,OBE,JP is the former chairman and Leader of the Liberal Party (LP) and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco). Coming from the background of an entrepreneur,he was also a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (Exco),member of Central and Western and Kwai Tsing District Council and Hong Kong member to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
The Election Committee is a Hong Kong electoral college,the function of which is to select the Chief Executive (CE) and,since 2021,to elect 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council. Established by Annex I of the Basic Law of Hong Kong which states that "the Chief Executive shall be elected by a broadly representative Election Committee in accordance with this Law and appointed by the Central People's Government ." It is formed and performs its selection function once every five years,even in the event of a CE not completing their term. The membership of the Election Committee was expanded to 1,500 under the massive overhaul of the electoral system in 2021. The Election Committee has been criticised for its "small-circle" electoral basis and its composition favouring pro-Beijing and business interests.
Chan Kam-lam,GBS,JP is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Kowloon East constituency. He is also a core member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB),the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong.
Vincent Cheng Hoi-Chuen GBS OBE JP was a Hong Kong banker who was the Executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc. He was also chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited,the Asia-Pacific branch of HSBC and founding member of the group,from 2005 to 2010.
Liao Hui is the former director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Since March 2003,he has also served as the second vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),in charge of the affairs of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong and Macau.
Ip Kwok-him,GBM,GBS,JP is a former unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong,served between 2016 and 2022. He is also former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the District Council (First) functional constituency and Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress and the former convenor of the caucus of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) in the Legislative Council. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.
The National People's Congress (NPC) is the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,977 members in 2023,it is the largest legislative body in the world. The NPC is elected for a term of five years. It holds annual sessions every spring,usually lasting from 10 to 14 days,in the Great Hall of the People on the west side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
Ho Sai-chu,GBM,JP was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and the member of the Legislative Council from 1985 to 1991 for Commercial (Second) constituency,Provisional Legislative Council from 1996 to 1998 and Legislative Council after the transfer of the Hong Kong sovereignty in 1998 to 2000 for the Election Committee constituency. He is also the member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and life honorary chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.
Daniel Tse Chi-wai,GBS,CBE,JP is the chair of the University Council of the University of Macau. He was also the member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Brave Chan Yung,BBS,JP is a Hong Kong pro-Beijing politician. He is the vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and chairman of the New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS). He has been the Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress since 2013,and since 2022 he became a member of the Legislative Council,representing the HKSAR Members of NPC and CPPCC,Representatives of National Organisations constituency.
Lionel Leong or Leong Vai Tac,local Chinese,is a political figure of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Chan Wing-kee,is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He is the current member of the standing committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He had also been Hong Kong deputy of the National People's Congress and chairman of Asia Television Limited.
The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 19 December 2017. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college composed of 1,989 members.
Hao Mingjin is a Chinese politician who is a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the China National Democratic Construction Association.
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 (CE) and the Legislative Council (LegCo),in order to ensure a system in which only "patriots",according to the Chinese definition,govern Hong Kong. The reforms have been widely criticized for their negative impact on the democratic representation in the Hong Kong legislature.
