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900 million Chinese to vote in grass-root elections for lawmakers

Xinhua, March 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

More than 900 million Chinese voters are expected to directly elect over 2.5 million lawmakers in grass-root county or township-level elections set to begin this year, a work report of China's top legislature read.

"Beginning in 2016, elections will be held for new people's congresses at the county and township levels across the country... This will be a major political event in China, and an important step in the development of socialist democracy," said the work report to be delivered by top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Wednesday afternoon. Endi