Ko te pōtitanga mai i muri i te whakakahoretanga o ngā tono whakarerekētanga ture o te tari Leung Chun-ying i waenganui o te tau 2015, i te tikanga kāore i hurihia te tikanga pōtitanga mō te Kaunihera Ture (LegCo) i te tau 2016. I te 31 o Akuhata 2014, i whakatauhia e te Komiti Tuturu o te National People's Congress (NPCSC) nga rohe mo te pooti a te Kaunihera Ture 2016 me te 2017 Kaiwhakahaere Matua. Ahakoa te whakapumautanga i te tikanga pooti mo te pooti a te Kaunihera Ture 2016 kaore i rereke, ko te whakatau a te NPCSC 2014 i whakaaetia te Kaiwhakahaere Matua (CE) kia pooti tika engari ko nga kaitono "kore-patriotic" me tirotiro e te komiti whakaingoa a Beijing. Hei urupare ki te whakatau a te NPCSC, i whakahaeretia e ngā kaiwhaiwhai ākonga he whakahee akomanga i arahina ai ki tētahi nekeneke whakapae nui mō ngā marama.
i whakaarohia e te Occupy Central, i kiia nei ko te "Revolution Umbrella".