Beijing Review

The People’s Will

he 2021 Election Committee’s subsector ordinary elections in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) took place on September 19. These were the first elections held following the improvements to HKSAR’s electoral system on March 11, when a decision to enhance this specific HKSAR system was adopted by an overwhelming majority vote at the Fourth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress

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