The Analysis Of Present Situation And The Expectation Of Prospect On The Universal Suffrage Of Hong Kong Chief Executive

On July 1st,1997, the government of the People's Republic of China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong.Thus the bright Pearl of the East smoothly returned to the embrace of the Motherland.Under the guidance of the policy of “one country,two systems”,the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established.And from then,the principle of “Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong,a high degree of autonomy” also began to play an important role in Hong Kong.Due to the historical reasons,Hong Kong is a more developed modern society than the Inland.Besides,Hong Kong has always kept a very fast pace in the development of its politics in the recent 18 years.In the Hong Kong's political system,the administration is dominant.The Chief Executive(the abbreviated form of “Head of Administration”) enjoys a core position.Nowadays,Hong Kong's political reform has become a global hot topic.Concrete implementation of electing the Chief Executive through general election in 2017,not only is the constitutional responsibility of the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,but also is the common desire of the central government,the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Hong Kong citizens.Under the guidance of the principle and policy of “one country,two systems,Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong,a high degree of autonomy”,on the one hand,Hong Kong political reform will have a bright prospect.On the other hand,it will face a quite great challenge too.This paper consists of three parts,namely the introduction,three chapters and epilogue.The introduction part mainly presents the background and origin of the topic,the theoretical and practical significance of the topic,the current situation of the academic research,the writing emphases,difficulties and innovation points,research methods,and other related issues.The first chapter starts from the related concepts of the universal suffrage and at first distinguishes the direct suffrage and universal suffrage.Universal suffrage means “popularizing the suffrage”.Then the universal suffrage of Hong Kong Chief Executive is explained and its legality and legitimacy in law are analyzed.Finally this chapter points out that the Basic Law is in the authoritative position of Hong Kong's political reform.The second chapter focuses on the analysis of present situation on the universal suffrage of Hong Kong Chief Executive currently.At the beginning,this chapter describes the concrete conditions,including the progress and difficulties.And then the causes that lead to the difficulties are mainly explored.The third chapter aims at the expectation of prospect on the universal suffrage of Hong Kong Chief Executive.The beginning of this chapter summarizes the future trend of the universal suffrage.And next this chapter detailedly describes the specific impacts that the universal suffrage of Hong Kong Chief Executive may cause,including three levels: micro,meso and macro.At last,the constructive strategies that are beneficial to promote the universal suffrage smoothly are proposed.In the epilogue part,the writer gives the expetation of prospect on the universal suffrage of Hong Kong Chief Executive and points out the weakness about the study on the whole.