Election Committee Election to Be Held Next Month as Henry Tang Urges Candidates to Step Up and Win Support

The 2026 Election Committee subsector election will be held on 22 November. During the nomination period, the returning officers received 1,115 people contesting subsectors, with 161 nominated by designated bodies. Henry Tang, Standing Committee member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said the increase in the number of candidates compared with last time is a positive development, and candidates should go all out to explain their platform and ideas and step up to win the support of voters in their sectors.