（Adopted at the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 14， 1997）
颁布日期：19970314 　实施日期：19970314 　颁布单位：全国人大

　　Article 1 These Procedures are formulated² in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China， the Basic Law of the Hongkong Special Administrative³ Region of the People's Republic of China and the provisions of Paragraph 3， Article 15 of the Election Law of the National People's Congress and the Local People's Congresses at All Levels of the People's Republic of China and in the light of the actual conditions of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region.

　　Article 2 The election of delegates of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region to the Nineth National People's Congress shall be presided over by the Standing⁴ Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　Article 3 The quota⁵ of delegates to be elected from the Hongkong Special Administrative Region to the Nineth National People's Congress shall be thirty six.

　　Article 4 The delegates to be elected from the Hongkong Special Administrative Region to the National People's Congress must be Chinese citizens from among the residents in the Hongkong Special Administrative Region.

　　Article 5 An election conference for the delegates to the Nineth National People's Congress shall be established in the Hongkong Special Administrative Region. The election conference shall be composed of Chinese citizens from Among members of the Recommendation Commission of the first government prescribed in the

　　List of members of the election conference shall be published by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　Article 6 The first session of the election conference shall be convened⁶ by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the recommendation and election of eleven members of the election conference which shall constitute the presidium which shall recommend and elect a standing chairman from among its members.

　　The presidium shall preside over the election conference.

　　The election conference shall formulate¹ specific election procedures in accordance with these Procedures pursuant to the proposal of the presidium.

　　Article 7 More than ten members of the election conference may jointly⁸ put forth⁹ candidates for delegates. The number of candidates for delegate search member puts forth in joint⁷ recommendation shall not exceed the quota.

　　Article 8 Candidates for the Nineth National People's Congress put forth by the election conference shall be one fifth to one half more than the number to be elected and differential election shall be held.

　　Election by direct ballot¹⁰ shall be held in case the number of nominated candidates does not exceed the one half differential percentage of the number to be elected. In case the number of nominated candidates exceeds the one half differential percentage of the number to be elected， all members of the election conference shall cast their votes， the list of official candidates shall be determined¹¹ and election by ballot shall be held in accordance with the order of precedence of the number of votes for the candidates and the differential percentage of not more than one half.

　　Article 9 Election of delegates to the Nineth National People's Congress by the election conference shall be by ballot.

　　When the election conference holds election， votes cast which exceed the number of voters shall be null and void， while votes cast which are equal to or less than the number of voters shall be valid¹².

　　The number of candidates voted for on each ballot paper which exceed the number to be elected shall be invalid¹³， those which are equal to or less than the number to be elected shall be valid.

　　Article 10 Candidates of delegates with more votes shall be elected. In case the number of votes is equal and the delegate-elect can not be determined， one more ballot shall be cast with respect to candidates with equal number of votes and one who gains more votes shall be elected.

　　Article 11 The election results shall be announced by the presidium and submitted to the Delegate Qualification Review Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress shall confirm the qualification of the delegates and publish the list of delegates on the basis of the report submitted by the Delegate Qualification Review Committee.