The delegates chosen to attend the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) are broadly representative, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee said.
A total of 2,296 delegates have been chosen to attend the congress, which is proposed to convene on October 16 in Beijing.
Up to 771 delegates, 33.6% of the total, come from the bases, including 192 workers, 85 farmers and 266 professionals and technicians, according to the statement issued on the election of delegates to the congress.
The CPC Central Committee released a statement on its 7th Plenary Session
There are 619 female delegates, or 27 percent of the total, an increase of 2.8 percentage points compared with the figure for the 19th CPC National Congress in 2017, the department said, adding that 264 delegates from 40 ethnic minority groups will also attend. to congress.
The delegates come from various sectors of society, administrative levels and institutions, including those linked to the Party, government departments, companies, public institutions and popular organizations.
The average age of the delegates is 52.2 years, and about 59.7% of them are under 55 years of age. About 95.4 percent of them have a high school diploma or higher, while more than half of the delegates have a master’s degree.
The department said that 2,224 delegates, or 96.9 percent of the total, joined the CPC after the reform and opening up started in 1978.
There are 619 female delegates, or 27 percent of the total, an increase of 2.8 percentage points compared with the figure from the 19th CPC National Congress in 2017.
Strict procedures were observed throughout the electoral process, from candidate nomination and selection to organization review and election, and all CCP grassroots organizations were mobilized, with an average turnout rate of 99.5 percent Of the members.
Various measures, such as the establishment of complaint platforms and the mobilization of a monitoring working group, were taken to ensure clean elections.
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