Qiao Xiaoyang

Qiao was born in Hubei province in 1945. He was graduated from the Beijing Language and Culture University and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 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. ==Chairman of HKSAR Basic Law Committee==

He was appointed Chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Committee and Macao Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress. 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. ==References==