It is the common aspiration of the Central People 's Government of the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , the HKSAR Government and the people of the HKSAR to successfully implement universal suffrage for the election of Chief Executive ( CE ) in 2017 , in accordance with the Basic Law and the relevant interpretation and decisions of the Standing Committee of the National People 's Congress of the PRC ( NPCSC ) . The HKSAR Government formally launched an extensive public consultation exercise on 4 December 2013 on the methods for selecting the CE in 2017 and for forming the Legislative Council ( LegCo ) in 2016 .