[2] The Hong Kong Army Cadets Association is a development of the Military Summer Camp For Hong Kong Youth (Chinese: 香港青少年軍事夏令營) scheme organised by Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping, the wife of former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-hwa, and the core of the estimated 2000 strong membership[3] is made up of attendees of the summer camps; the target membership of the Association is children and youths from the age of six upwards.

The Chairman of the Hong Kong Army Cadets Association Limited is Tai Tak Fung (Chinese: 戴德豐) of the Four Seas Group.

The board, chaired by National People's Congress for Hong Kong Bunny Chan (Chinese: 陳振彬), is composed of PRC officials in Hong Kong and members of the Pro-Beijing camp, Commander in Chief of the corps is Regina Leung the wife of Leung Chun-ying.

Attendees on the part of the government included Secretary for Security, Mr Lai Tung-kwok, and the Secretary for Education Eddie Ng; however of the media bodies present, only three were allowed to conduct interviews, with the mainland-controlled Wen Wei Po being shown special favour.

"[8][9] while Legislative councillor Priscilla Leung of the pro-Beijing political party Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong said "This official move, encourages the youth to engage with the mainland, and cultivates their sense of belonging and duty, this is both normal and reasonable.