Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive

The Chief Executive shall be elected by the Election Committee and appointed by the Central People's Government. 

Pursuant to the Decision by the National People's Congress adopted on 11 March 2021: 

• Candidates for the office of the Chief Executive shall be nominated jointly by not less than 188 Members of the Election Committee, among whom the number of members of each sector should not be less than 15.
• The Election Committee shall elect the Chief Executive designate by secret ballot on a one-person-one-vote basis. The election of the Chief Executive designate shall require a simple majority vote of all the Members of the Election Committee.