 It was the first competitive Chief Executive election featuring two candidates from different political camp as the pan-democracy camp were able to field their candidate to challenge the Beijing-favoured candidate for the first time.It has been said that the competitive nature of this election, with debates held between the candidates, changed Hong Kong's political culture.The Election Committee subsector elections was held on 10 December 2006 to form the 800-member Election Committee to select the Chief Executive.