Beijing
\nInternet-based means are more and more frequently used by deputies to people\u2019s congresses and members of committees of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China\u2019s legislative and political advisory bodies.
\nThe country\u2019s local \u201ctwo sessions\u201d, the annual meetings of lawmakers and political advisors at various levels, recently kicked off across the country, bringing to the spotlight all kinds of applications of digital technologies that have brought new experiences and created new platforms for deputies to local people\u2019s congresses and members of the CPPCC local committees in fulfilling their duties.
\nThanks to an upgraded digital proposal system, Shanghai\u2019s municipal-level political advisors are able to get timely and accurate information about various industries and departments conveniently via a data-based digital platform.
\nIn east China\u2019s Zhejiang province, provincial-level lawmakers can now learn about the status of their proposals and suggestions in real time through an office automation app; and members of the CPPCC Zhejiang provincial committee are able to obtain information about government affairs, track the handling of proposals in real time, and later get feedback on their work on an online platform.
\nThe vigorous development of digital technologies in recent years has speeded up the informatization of local \u201ctwo sessions\u201d.
\nIn the past, people can only reach deputies to local people\u2019s congresses via phone call or at local legislators\u2019 liaison stations. Now in Xihu district, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, residents can chat with local legislators online via mobile phones.
\nThirty-four members of the Hunan provincial committee of the CPPCC from Hong Kong and Macao, who couldn\u2019t attend this year\u2019s session due to the COVID-19 pandemic, expressed their opinions about helping Hunan integrate into the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area online.
\nFrom digital proposals to deliberation of state affairs online and remote consultation, it is evident that fulfilling duties via online means becomes increasingly prevalent among China\u2019s lawmakers and political advisors.
\nDigital and information technologies help lawmakers and political advisors better fulfill their duties in accordance with the law and can comprehensively improve their competence.
\nTopics concerning people\u2019s wellbeing attract the most attention from deputies to people\u2019s congresses and CPPCC members during this year\u2019s local \u201ctwo sessions\u201d, whether online or offline. The people\u2019s congress of Shapingba district in southwest China\u2019s Chongqing municipality has leveraged both online and offline means and used mini-programs to expand channels for seeking legislation advice from the public.
\nYang Zhaoxia, a member of the Beijing municipal committee of the CPPCC, considers good ideas from the people the \u201cgolden key\u201d to her execution of duties. Her proposals for transforming manhole covers on sidewalks which can easily cause pedestrians to sprain their ankles and disposing abandoned bikes are both based on the suggestions from the people.
\nAs new technologies and old traditions converge on discussions about people\u2019s concerns, difficulties and urgent needs, China\u2019s people-centered development philosophy is passed on by digital technologies and practiced through concrete endeavors.
\nDigital technologies have been brought into full play by China\u2019s lawmakers and political advisors in maintaining close ties with the people, listening to their voices and responding to their expectations.
\nEast China\u2019s Shandong province launched a campaign to encourage residents from all walks of life to make suggestions for the provincial government\u2019s work under 22 topics, including employment and entrepreneurship, education, and health. Media outlets of southwest China\u2019s Guizhou province have invited netizens to interact with deputies to people\u2019s congresses and CPPCC members online.
\nIt\u2019s believed in China that making the most of the Internet for the expression of people\u2019s views, ideas, worries and concerns and promoting communication between the people and lawmakers and political advisors through both online and offline democratic channels so that work benefiting the people can actually proceed and yield fruits is a major task of democratic construction.
\nThe efforts of various regions across China to leverage Internet-based means to seek people\u2019s advice during the local \u201ctwo sessions\u201d are the epitome of China\u2019s socialist democracy that covers all aspects of the democratic process and all sectors of society\u2014a true democracy that works.
\nChina\u2019s socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics is marching toward a brighter future as the country continuously increases its lawmakers\u2019 and political advisors\u2019 competence and the efficiency in their execution of duties via online means, integrates new technologies and models into democratic and scientific decision-making, smoothens the channels for the people to express their ideas, and forms a synergy for improving people\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beijing Internet-based means are more and more frequently used by deputies to people\u2019s congresses and members of committees of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China\u2019s legislative and political advisory bodies. The country\u2019s local \u201ctwo sessions\u201d, the annual meetings of lawmakers and political advisors at various levels, recently kicked off across the country, bringing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n