[20201123]IF10500_香港立法会.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated November 23, 2020Hong Kongs Legislative Council (Legco)The United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5701, P.L. 102-383) states, “Support for democratization is a fundamental principle of United States foreign policy.” The democratization of Hong Kongs Legislative Council, or Legco, is one indicator of the citys promised high degree of autonomy from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), and as such has become a key concern of some U.S. policymakers. Since 2016, the PRC and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) governments have disqualified 13 Legco members and blocked the candidacy of several democracy advocates. In addition, HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor postponed Legco elections scheduled for September 2020 for a year, citing the public health risk posed by the coronavirus pandemic. On November 17, 2020, 15 pro-democracy Legco members resigned following the disqualification of 4 other pro-democracy Legco members. Disqualifications and resignations have reduced Legco, which is supposed to have 70 members, to 41 pro-establishment coalition members and 2 pro-democracy members (see Figure 1). Figure 1