Not much to brag about
From a comparative perspective, this announcement published by Xinhua doesn't seem like much to brag about. But, from a Chinese frame of reference, maybe it is progress. I'd like to reserve judgment on that until there's a longer track record.CPC members vote for national delegates in more competitive election
"Elections to the Communist Party of China (CPC) national congress are becoming more competitive, figures for the poll on the 17th congress show...
"The Party committees at all levels nominated 2,550 candidates in 38 electorates for the final 2,217 formal delegates. This means the number of candidates was 15 percent higher than the number of delegates, compared with ten percent higher in the election for the 16th congress in 2002.
"'The increased ratio of candidates gave voters more choice,' said Associate Professor Wan Jun, of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee...
"99 percent of grass roots Party organizations and 98 percent of individual Party members participated in the election.
"It also showed that delegates to the CPC's national congress have become younger, with those under 55 accounting for 70.4 percent of the total, 7.2 percentage points higher than the previous congress.
"Delegates were also better educated, with 93.3 percent holding academic degrees above junior college level, 1.6 percentage points higher than that of the previous congress."
Labels: China, democratization, politics
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:17 AM
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