Qiao Xiaoyang

Qiao Xiaoyang (born 1945) is a Chinese politician who was the chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Committee from 2008 to 2013.

Biography Qiao was born in Hubei province in 1945. 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. He also mentioned in his speech that “the nominating committee is in fact an organisation. The nomination of CE candidates by the nominating committee is a form of organisational nomination, which could effectively screen out pro-democracy candidates when pro-Beijing camp have the majority in the nominating committee.