Live | LIVE: Beijing officials explain controversial NPC decision on 2017 reform

Basic Law Committee chairman Li Fei is this morning making a speech to explain Beijing’s decision on the 2017 election of the chief executive.

Other Beijing officials speaking at the briefing include vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee's legislative affairs commission, Zhang Rongshun, and the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Office deputy director Feng Wei.

Around 1,000 people – including legislators, district council chairmen and vice-chairmen, local deputies to the NPC and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference – have been invited to the two-hour session at AsiaWorld-Expo.

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1.20pm: Reaction to the NPC's report has been mixed today. Former chief secretary Anson Chan has called on Hongkongers to reject Beijing's electoral framework - although said she would not join the Occupy Central camaign - while a spokesman for Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing, quoted him as saying "the city must move forward when it comes to political developments".

That's all for today's live report. Stay tuned to scmp.com for all the latest developments relating to Hong Kong's electoral reform.