7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong

7th Legislative Council of
Hong Kong
6th LegCo 8th LegCo
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Council
JurisdictionHong Kong
Meeting placeLegislative Council Complex
Term1 January 2022 –
Election2021 election
GovernmentLam Administration (until 30 June 2022)
Lee Administration (Since 1 July 2022)
Members90 members
PresidentAndrew Leung (BPA)
Party controlPro-Beijing camp
Sessions
1st12 January 2022 –

The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. It is scheduled to meet in the Legislative Council Complex, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025, overlapping the six months of Carrie Lam as the fifth term of the Chief Executive 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.[1] On 11 March 2021, the National People's Congress (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, which changed the general election of the seventh term of the Legislative Council from 5 September to 19 December 2021.[2] Under the Ordinance, the membership of the Legislative Council increased from 70 to 90 and the members were elected by the Election Committee with 40 seats, functional constituencies with 30 seats, and geographical constituencies with 20 seats respectively.[3]

  1. ^ "Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation" (PDF). Legislative Council.
  2. ^ "Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance 2021". Legislative Council.
  3. ^ "Composition of the Legislative Council". Legislative Council.