BEIJING, 30 March, 2021, (TON): Beijing affirmed a general update of Hong Kong's electing framework on Tuesday, a senior legislator who works with China's parliament on matters relating to the former British colony’s mini-constitution, said.

The actions are important for Beijing's endeavors to solidify its increasingly authoritarian grasp over the worldwide monetary center point following the burden of public safety law in June, which critics see as an instrument to pound contradict.

Maria Tam said Hong Kong’s election committee, in charge of selecting the city’s chief executive, will pick 40 representatives of the city’s legislature as part of the reforms approved by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.

Beijing will also increase the size of the electoral committee from 1,200 to 1,500, as part of the restructuring. Chinese authorities have said the shake-up is aimed at getting rid of “loopholes and deficiencies” that threatened national security during anti-government unrest in 2019 and to ensure only “patriots” run the city.

The measures are the most significant overhaul of Hong Kong’s political structure since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997 and alter the size and composition of the legislature and electoral committee in favor of pro-Beijing figures.