China legislature giving more seats to women, workers
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BEIJING — Increasingly known as a rich man’s club, China’s ceremonial legislature now plans to give more seats to women, farmers, workers and professionals.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday that changes to the makeup of the National People’s Congress would also reduce the proportion of delegates representing the ruling Communist Party and government departments, who now constitute about one-third of the roughly 3,000 members.
Xinhua gave no details on what the new quotas would be. When the current legislature was seated in 2013, 23 per cent of its members were women. No figures were immediately available on workers and others.
The NPC and its advisory body meet in full session just once a year for about 10 days. The day-to-day work of vetting legislation is handled by the NPC’s much smaller standing meeting that meets twice a month.
