Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehutungamiri hwake, Leung akatarisana nevanopikisa tsika uye dzidzo yenyika uye kuratidzira kweHong Kong Television Network. Muna 2014, hurumende yaLeung yakatarisana nokusateerera kwevanhu vakawanda
vachirwisa hurongwa hwehurumende hwekuvandudza bumbiro remitemo yenyika; sangano iri rakazozivikanwa pasi rose se"Umbrella Revolution". Mushure mekuratidzira kwa2014, hurumende yaLeung yaifanira kubata ne2016 Mong Kok mhirizhonga yevagari vemo. Munguva yemushandirapamwe wake wesarudzo uye hutongi, Leung akatarisanawo nezvakataurwa zvine chekuita nekugamuchira kwake HK $ 50 miriyoni yekubhadhara neUGL (ona Leung Chun-ying<unk>UGL chibvumirano), izvo zvakakonzera kuongororwa kwekutanga neParamende muAustralia. Kutonga kwaLeung kwakabatana nekusimuka kwekusagadzikana munharaunda, nzvimbo yekugara muHong Kong, uye kufamba kwekuzvimiririra kwekuparadzaniswa kweHong Kong kubva mukutonga kweChina. Muna Zvita 2016, Leung akazivisa kuti haazotsvage kwetemu yechipiri, achiva wekutanga Chief Executive kuti arege kudaro.