Update | Hong Kong pan-dems, Occupy organisers vow 'long fight' as Beijing rules out open 2017 election

Beijing has officially adopted a tightly-controlled framework for Hong Kong’s first chief executive election by universal suffrage, which is deemed by the city's pan-democrats as closing doors to aspirants with different political views.

The decision, which was approved unanimously on Sunday afternoon by the nation’s top legislative body, the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress, allows only two to three candidates to run in the race for Hong Kong's top job. And they have to obtain the support of at least half of the nominating committee members to get on the ballot.

“The road of dialogue has come to the end,” said the Occupy co-founder Benny Tai Yiu-ting said as he met the press with members of other pan-democratic groups such as the Alliance for True Democracy and the Federation of Students.

Occupy Central would next mobilise a long-term campaign fighting for democracy would be mobilised together with the other groups, Tai said. 

Labour Party’s lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan added that they would launch a “full-scale fight” against Beijing’s decision.

Beijing has also decided that the formation and electoral method of the nominating committee "shall be made in accordance with” those of the existing 1,200-strong election committee – which consists of four major sectors. It was elected by around 240,000 voters in 38 sub-sectors.