The Election Committee is to consist of 800 members, who must be Hong Kong permanent residents. It is responsible for electing the Chief Executive. The members come from 38 subsectors representing various trades, professions, labour and social welfare groups as well as district organisations.
The Election Committee will also be responsible for returning a Legislative Council member in a by-election should a vacancy arise among the six Legislative Councillors elected by the Election Committee during the second term of the Legislative Council.
Composition of the 800-member Election Committee:
| (1) | 664 members elected from 35 subsectors; |
| (2) | 40 members nominated by the religious subsector; and |
| (3) | 96 ex-officio members (Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress and Legislative Council members). |
| 1.
Heung Yee Kuk (21)
2. Agriculture and Fisheries (40) 3. Insurance (12) 4. Transport (12) 5. Education (20) 6. Legal (20) 7. Accountancy (20) 8. Medical (20) 9. Health Services (20) 10. Engineering (20) 11. Architectural, Surveying and Planning (20) 12. Labour (40) 13. Social Welfare (40) 14. Real Estate & Construction (12) 15. Tourism (12) 16. Commercial (First) (12) 17. Commercial (Second) (12) 18. Industrial (First) (12) 19. Industrial (Second) (12) |
20.
Finance (12)
21. Financial Services (12) 22. Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (40) 23. Import and Export (12) 24. Textiles and Garment (12) 25. Wholesale and Retail (12) 26. Information Technology (20) 27. Higher Education (20) 28. Hotel (11) 29.Catering (11) 30. Chinese Medicine (20) 31. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (41) 32. Employers' Federation of HK (11) 33. HK and Kowloon District Councils (21) 34. New Territories District Councils (21) 35. HK Chinese Enterprises Association (11) 36. National People's Congress (36) 37. Legislative Council (60) 38. Religious (40) |
2. Members from subsectors (1) to (35) are elected
3. Number of members nominated by six designated bodies of the religious subsector:
Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association (6 members)
Hong Kong Christian Council (7 members)
Hong Kong Taoist Association (6 members)
The Confucian Academy (7 members)
The Hong Kong Buddhist Association (7 members)