Bring on the peasants
The malapportionment of the Peoples Congress was recognized by the Party. Now there are proposals for a "remedy."This article, like many first translations, is not in good English, but the real pro translators will get around to revisions later if you look for them.
Amended electoral law to ensure grassroots representation
A draft law amendment that says the number of grassroots deputies of farmers, workers and "intellectuals" should be guaranteed, is being discussed at the ongoing session of China's top legislature.
Currently, a large number of legislators in China are government officials and entrepreneurs, leaving less seats for farmers and workers.
The draft amendment under review requires "both rural and urban areas adopt the same ratio of deputies to the represented population in elections of people's congress deputies."
Currently, every 960,000 rural residents and every 240,000 urbanites are represented by one National People's Congress (NPC) deputy respectively, according to the law.
Critics say this could be interpreted as "farmers only enjoying a quarter of the suffrage of their urban counterparts."...
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