Editing Tung Chee-hwa (section)

===Influence in Hong Kong===
During the [[2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2012 Chief Executive election]], it was reported that one of the two candidates, [[Leung Chun-ying]] was Tung's protege and therefore Leung acquired the goodwill of [[Xi Jinping]], then the head of [[Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs|managing the Hong Kong and Macau affairs]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Xi Jinping: Red China, The Next Generation|first=Agnès|last=Andrésy|publisher=UPA|year=2015|page=109}}</ref> Leung, who was seen as the underdog, eventually won in the election over the other pro-Beijing candidate [[Henry Tang]].

In 2014, Tung founded a thinktank [[Our Hong Kong Foundation]]. The foundation has about 80 advisors which consists some of the most well known tycoons and public figures, drawn from the business, education, social welfare, legal and religious sectors, including former Financial Secretary [[Antony Leung]], former [[Hong Kong Monetary Authority|Monetary Authority]] Chief Executive [[Joseph Yam]], and [[Jack Ma]], the chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant [[Alibaba Group|Alibaba]].<ref>{{cite news|title=China's president praises Hong Kong chief's handling of protests|date=10 November 2018|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-president-praises-hong-kong-chief-protests-20141110-story.html|access-date=14 October 2018|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204140318/https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-president-praises-hong-kong-chief-protests-20141110-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The foundation has been vocal in advocating public policies, including the housing and land supply. In 2018, its proposal of massive reclamation by constructing artificial islands were partly adopted in Chief Executive [[Carrie Lam]]'s [[policy address of Hong Kong|policy address]].

In the [[2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2017 Chief Executive election]], he was seen hugging Carrie Lam, then [[Chief Secretary for Administration]] who was seen as potential candidate for the Chief Executive after incumbent Leung Chun-ying announced he would not seek for re-election. It was seen as his blessing for Lam to be the next Chief Executive. In February, ''[[Hong Kong Economic Journal]]'' cited unnamed sources that Tung Chee-hwa said in a closed-door meeting that Beijing may not appoint former [[Financial Secretary of Hong Kong]] [[John Tsang]] as Chief Executive even if he wins the election. He said this was the reason he asked Carrie Lam to run in the election in order to prevent an "embarrassing situation".<ref>{{cite news|title=Tung Chee-hwa: Beijing may not appoint Tsang even if he wins|url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20170222-tung-chee-hwa-beijing-may-not-appoint-tsang-even-if-he-wins/|date=22 February 2017|work=ejinsight.com|access-date=24 February 2017|archive-date=23 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223043731/http://www.ejinsight.com/20170222-tung-chee-hwa-beijing-may-not-appoint-tsang-even-if-he-wins/|url-status=live}}</ref> 30 electors of the Legal subsector in the Election Committee expressed "deep concerns" about Tung's comments in a joint statement, stating that "such action undermines the fairness of our Chief Executive election and shows a callous disregard for the aspirations of most Hong Kong people to have free and fair elections without ignorant and insensitive interference."<ref>{{cite news|title=Fairness of Hong Kong chief executive poll under threat from ex-leader's comments, lawyers say|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2073503/fairness-hong-kong-chief-executive-poll-under-threat-ex|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=23 February 2017|access-date=24 February 2017|archive-date=24 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224053501/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2073503/fairness-hong-kong-chief-executive-poll-under-threat-ex|url-status=live}}</ref> He was dubbed as "kingmaker" in the Hong Kong political community.<ref name="OOIL"/>

In July 2017, Tung sold his family business [[Orient Overseas (International) Limited]] (OOIL) to Chinese [[State-owned enterprise|state-owned]] [[COSCO|Cosco Shipping]] in a HK$49.2 billion (US$6.3 billion) deal.<ref name="OOIL">{{cite news|title=Tung Chee-hwa secures a 'Godfather' deal from Beijing|date=10 July 2017|url=https://asiatimes.com/article/tung-chee-hwa-secures-godfather-deal-beijing/|newspaper=Asia Times}}</ref>