media as a tool to pursue their political or personal gains". On 4 March 2022, Lee invoked emergency regulation to announce the construction of a bridge linking Hong Kong with Shenzhen; however, satellite images showed that construction appeared to have begun 5 days before Lee had invoked the emergency regulation. The border is drawn at the halfway point in the Shenzhen River, and photos show that a barge was on the Hong Kong side on 27 February 2022. On the day of the emergency regulation was announced, photos show that the bridge was past the halfway point on Hong Kong's side, extending just meters away from Hong Kong land. On 6 April 2022, Lee resigned and planned to join the 2022 Chief Executive election. His resignation was approved by the State Council of China on the following day. Chief Executive 2022 Chief Executive election bid Lee was the sole candidate who had the blessing of CCP leader Xi Jinping's central government in the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, communicated by the Liaison Office. Lee formally announced his candidacy for the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election on 9 April 2022 despite the Liaison Office having said that Lee would be the only candidate given permission by Beijing to be Chief Executive three days earlier. Lee's campaign manager, Tam Yiu-chung, revealed that Lee would develop a political manifesto by the end of April. Tam later claimed that the political manifesto would not be key for the public to support Lee. Lee dismissed criticism that Election Committee members were nominating him without seeing his manifesto, claiming that the Election Committee members already knew him and could trust him. Despite having no competitors in the election, Lee said that the election run was "not easy". FactWire reported that Lee's two sons (Gilbert Lee and Jacky Lee) have business relationships with Election Committee members, but Lee said there was no conflict of interest. In the report, FactWire said that Gilbert Lee's direct manager is Diana Ferreira Cesar, who sits on the finance subsector of the Election Committee. Additionally, Jacky Lee is a business partner of Li Sing-tui, an ex-officio member of the Election Committee. For Lee's election forum, seven media stations will cohost the broadcast, with one politician criticizing plans for it, stating that questions are restricted, with no audience member interaction, and the forum being pre-recorded rather than live. Lee will be