Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that whatever the outcome of the election, Hong Kong is still a part of China and the sabotage attempt will fail.

"This is not the final vote count yet. Let's wait for the final result, okay? However, it is clear that no matter what happens, Hong Kong is still part of China and the Special Administrative Region. China, "Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Tokyo, Japan today. Mr. Wang is in Japan for a meeting of foreign ministers of the G20 major economies.

Wang's comment came after the results of the tally was revealed in part to show that democracy in Hong Kong had a big victory in the district council election held on November 24. According to media estimates, the democratic side won 333/452 seats, winning 17/18 city council.

The tally is still in progress, but some speculate that the democracies are likely to win at all 18 county councils. With this victory, the Democrats are likely to gain 117 seats on the Hong Kong Special Zone chief election committee. Democrats now control a quarter of the seats in the election committee.

"Any attempt to disrupt Hong Kong, or even destroy the prosperity and stability of the city, will not succeed," the Chinese Foreign Minister added.

Responding to the election results, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that the government respected the election results and pledged to listen to the public's views with an "open mind." She also hopes the city will continue to maintain peace, security and order.

Council elections are held every four years so that Hong Kong voters directly elect their representatives to county councils. The district councilor is a local representative at 18 district councils of Hong Kong, acting as an advisory body for the district government, so there is not much power. These commissioners can advise the government on community issues such as using public facilities and services, implementing county welfare programs, allocating local funding to community activities. copper.

Council members can be in charge of projects such as improving the environment, promoting recreational, cultural and community activities in their county. However, they often do not participate in policy discussions or directly allocate budgets, and their decisions are not binding on the authorities.

However, the election still played an important role as the district councilors occupied 117 seats in the special district leadership election committee of 1,200 members. In addition, 5 of the 70 seats of the Hong Kong Legislative Assembly are also reserved for county councilors.

District council elections took place when protests in Hong Kong took nearly 6 months. Initial protests against the extradition bill allow suspects to be brought to jurisdictions where the SEZ has not signed an extradition treaty, including mainland China. After the Hong Kong government announced the withdrawal of the bill, protesters still took to the streets to make other requests, including investigating the use of force by police, organizing democratic elections and the Chief of Special Zone. Carrie Lam resigns.

Tensions escalated as thousands of protesters gathered in Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) from November 17 to confront the police. After a few days of entrenching, the majority of the protesters left PolyU, of which about 1,100 were arrested.