Editing Provisional Legislative Council (section)

=== Establishment ===
On 26 January 1996, the Preparatory Committee was formed in accordance with the 1990 NPC decision.<ref name="Chen1997" />{{rp|6}} At its second plenary session on 24 March 1996, the Preparatory Committee established the PLC.<ref name="Chen1997" />{{rp|6}} The PLC's composition was consistent with the 1990 NPC decision, but all members were to be chosen by the [[Selection Committee (Hong Kong)|Selection Committee]].<ref name="Chan1997"/>{{rp|375}} By the end of 1996, all 60 members of the PLC had been chosen by the selection committee controlled by China.<ref name="Humphrey1996">{{cite news |last1=Humphrey |first1=Peter |title=China snubs Britain with new HK legislature |agency=Reuters |date=21 December 1996}}</ref> The [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] boycotted the PLC and criticised it for being undemocratic, while politicians [[Tsang Yok-sing]], [[Elsie Tu]], Dominic Chan and [[Peggy Lam]] gained a seat.<ref name="Humphrey1996" />

The Provisional Legislative Council convened its first meeting on 25 January 1997 at the [[Shenzhen Guesthouse Hotel]] in [[Shenzhen]]. At the meeting, it elected its first president, [[Rita Fan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2012978/explained-how-hong-kongs-legislative-council-has|title=Explained: how Hong Kong's Legislative Council has evolved|last=Singh|first=Harminder|publisher=South China Morning Post|date=2 September 2016|access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/intro/hist_lc.htm|title=Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region – History of the Legislature|access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> From 1 July 1997 to 1998, it sat at the then [[Old Supreme Court Building, Hong Kong|Legislative Council Building]] in Hong Kong.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Council committees and the LegCo Secretariat sat at various locations, including{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}:
* [[Huaxia Art Centre]] – 1 Guanqiao Street in the Overseas Chinese Town in [[Nanshan District, Shenzhen]] from 22 February to 21 June 1997
* [[Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]] Extension – 1 July 1997

The Council held 60 meetings, 17 motions and passed 13 bills introduced by the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]].{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} The Legco Secretariat offices were on the 3rd Floor of the Huaxia Art Centre.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}