Chinese President Xi Jinping cast his ballot on the 6th at the Huairen Hall polling station in Zhongnanhai, Beijing’s Xicheng District, in the election of district people’s congress deputies. Citing Xinhua, Huanqiu reported that Xi called for stronger oversight across the whole process so that deputies satisfying the people are chosen.
According to Huanqiu, the day was voting day for the election of deputies at the district and township levels in Beijing. Xi arrived at about 3:30 p.m., was briefed on election matters, presented his voter card for verification, received a ballot, filled it in and put it into the ballot box himself.
광고 문의 · 300×250The report said the station was decorated with the five-star red flag, a red ballot box bearing the national emblem stood at the center, and the proceedings were orderly and solemn. Premier Li Qiang voted at the Ziguangge station in the Wenjinjie constituency, while Zhao Leji, Wang Huning and Cai Qi voted in the Zhongnanhai constituency.
What Xi stressed about the vote
Quoting Xinhua, Huanqiu said Xi described the election of people’s congress deputies as the foundation for upholding, improving and operating the people’s congress system and a major matter in national political life. He called for practicing whole-process people’s democracy, upholding Party leadership, giving full play to democracy and working strictly in accordance with the law.
He also urged stronger supervision over the entire process to keep it on the right course and keep the atmosphere clean, so that deputies who satisfy the people are elected. Han Zheng and former president Hu Jintao were reported to have had staff vote on their behalf.
System and scale
By Huanqiu’s figures, Beijing set up 13,054 polling stations that day to elect 4,898 district deputies and 11,137 township-level deputies, using a contested format in which candidates outnumber seats. Other details such as the total number of candidates and turnout did not appear in the reports we checked and could not be confirmed.
