(CFP)

Leung Chun-ying, a former Hong Kong government adviser, won the chief executive election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China on March 25.

Leung won 689 votes of the 1,132 votes cast by members of the 1,200-member Election Committee. According to the city's Electoral Affairs Commission, a candidate who obtains more than 600 valid votes will win the election. The whole process was under the supervision of the Electoral Affairs Commission, as well as the scrutiny of candidates, the public and the media.

Leung said that he will uphold Hong Kong's core values and will work to solve many issues of social conflict in order to maintain the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.

Born in 1954 in Hong Kong, Leung graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He later studied valuation and estate management in Britain for four years before returning to Hong Kong and joining a real estate firm in 1977.

In 1985, Leung was elected secretary general of the Basic Law Consultative Committee. He was the convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1999 until resigning the post in October 2011 to stand for election.