Qiao Xiaoyang
| Qiao Xiaoyang | |
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| 乔晓阳 | |
| Chairman of the 11th HKSAR Basic Law Committee of the NPC | |
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In office 2008–2013 |
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| Succeeded by | Li Fei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (age 71–72) Hubei, China |
| Nationality | People's Republic of China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Beijing Language and Culture University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Qiao Xiaoyang (born 1945) is the former chairman of the Hong Kong SAR Basic Law Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.
Qiao was born in Hubei province in 1945. He was graduated from the Beijing Language and Culture University and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1974. He served as vice-chairman of the legislative affairs commission of the National People's Congress Standing Committee becoming 10th vice-chairman of the Law Committee in 2003.
He was also member of the Hong Kong SAR Preparatory Committee and Macao SAR Preparatory Committee oversaw the transfer of the sovereignty of the two former colonies.
He was appointed Chairman of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Committee and Macao Special Administrative Region Basic Law Committee of the 11th National People's Congress. He served as chairman of the HKSAR Basic Law Committee until 2013.
He made a numbers of remarkable decisions and comments during his chairmanship of the HKSAR Basic Law Committee.
In April 2010, Qiao said the reason the Standing Committee in 2007 ruled that Hong Kong "may" and not "must" have universal suffrage for the 2017 chief executive and 2020 Legislative Council elections was because any change in electoral methods required approval by local lawmakers. He added that passage of the reform package would "create excellent conditions for universal suffrage in the future." Instead of equal and universal right to vote, in June 2010 he further defined universal suffrage with the restriction of taking into consideration Hong Kong’s legal status (as a non-independent state), being compatible with the executive-led political system, balancing the interests of different sectors of society, and being beneficial for the development of the city’s capitalist economy. Pan-democrats said Qiao's statement reinforced their concerns, as it offered only the right to vote rather than to stand and nominate others in an election, and paved the way for keeping functional constituencies indefinitely.
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