But, despite its promise of universal suffrage, the Basic Law restricts democratic development during the first ten years after the handover of Hong Kong to China. As a result, full democracy is to be permitted only in 2007.
但是，尽管《基本法》承诺实行普遍选举权，它仍对香港回归中国后第一个十年内的民主发展加以限制。其结果是完全的民主要到2007年才被允许实现。