The Legislative Council would be increased from 70 to 90 seats where the currently 35 seats which were directly elected would be shrunk to 20 seats, while an extra 40 seats would be elected by the Election Committee. The size of the Election Committee would be increased from 1,200 to 1,500 seats with a sizeable number of new seats which would be nominated and elected by the government-appointed and Beijing-controlled organisations. With the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) amending the Annex I and Annex II of the Basic Law of Hong Kong, the compositions of the Election Committee (EC), which is responsible for electing the Chief Executive, and the Legislative Council were drastically revamped. The reforms have been widely criticized for their negative impact on the democratic representation in the Hong Kong legislature. 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 Hong Kong Government unveiled the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill, the local legislation for electoral reform, on 13 April 2021.
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