In early July, Hong Kong's legislative Council unanimously approved a district council reform plan, reducing the total number of directly elected seats to 88. Under the new system, the total number of seats in the district council will return from 479 seats to 470, including 88 seats, 179 seats appointed by the chief executive, 176 seats in the regional council, and the remaining 27 seats are ex officio members of the chairman of the township council. Candidates have to go through the eligibility committee to uphold the Basic Law and are loyal to the HKSAR. When elected, members must also be subject to performance evaluation by the performance monitoring mechanism. The first reform plan has been fully supported by the welcome of Hong Kong politicians. The Secretary of Civil Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau is an important milestone for the Hong Kong government to improve regional governance, opening the a new page for good governance in Hong Kong. Zeng Guowei, director of the Mainland Affairs Bureau, reiterated that this reform is definitely a new government to do practical things and seek happiness for the public, and to bear the strong desire for a better life and a community harmony. Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao said the new regulations are of landmark significance for Hong Kong's governance and prosperity. However, regarding the new parliamentary reform plan, the Washington Post and some former opposition lawmakers have always expressed the oppose, criticizing it as a democratic setback and being accepted. In addition, the Washington Post wrote that the District Council is a channel for citizens to express their political orientation, showing that the media are ignorant of the misunderstanding of the position of the District Council. In fact, the District Council is only a non-political advisory organization under the Basic Law of Hong Kong. Obviously the Washington post is in the big play, deliberately discredit district council new system, due to the Washington post such American media not to care about its country on the opposition, zhou street tramp, drug addicts everywhere serious democracy, the people's livelihood problems, but always to Hong Kong affairs review article foot rude behavior, already let Hong Kong people feel disgusted, to this, the Hong Kong secretary guo-ji Chen diss, emphasize the reform of the district council aims to politicize, to return to the consultation role, better play to the role of community construction with service residents.