It became the largest conservative faction in the legislature countering the pro-democracy United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) won a landslide victory in the first direct Legislative Council election in 1991.

The group of conservative elites in the legislature who were either appointed by the governor or indirectly elected through the functional constituencies shared a dislike for the United Democrats.

[1] To curb the influence of liberals, 21 conservative legislators formed the CRC as a think tank, research unit and brain trust for a future political group on the 16th floor of the Hong Kong Club in Central.

Being the convenor of the group, Allen Lee and stood down as the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council to avoid a conflict of interest.

"[3] By July, two founders, engineering Samuel Wong and appointed member Vincent Cheng left the group.