Executive Council of Hong Kong

Executive Council of Hong Kong
Executive Council of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese	行政會議
Simplified Chinese	行政会议
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xíngzhèng Huìyì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hàhng jing wuih yíh
Jyutping	Hang4 zing3 wui6 ji5
Pre-handover name
Chinese	行政局
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xíngzhèngjú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hàhng jing guhk
Jyutping	Hang4 zing3 guk6

The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo) is the cabinet of the Government of Hong Kong, acting as a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ assisting the Chief Executive.^[1]^[2] It is analogous to other Executive Councils in the Commonwealth such as the Federal Executive Council of Australia, the Executive Council of New Zealand, and the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Under the presidency of the Chief Executive, the Executive Council consists of 21 Official Members (the most senior of these being the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, head of the Government Secretariat and chair of the Policy Committee), and 16 Non-official Members (also known as ministers without portfolio who are normally leading legislators from pro-establishment political parties) headed by the Convenor of the Non-official Members. The Council normally meets once a week.

^ "Hong Kong – the Facts". GovHK.
^ Article 54, Hong Kong Basic Law: The Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be an organ for assisting the Chief Executive in policy-making.