Xi Jinping stressed practicing whole-process people's democracy and strengthening oversight throughout the electoral process.
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CCTV.com News (Xinwen Lianbo): November 6 is polling day for elections for a new term of deputies to Beijing's district and township people's congresses. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, voted in the district people's congress election at the Huairen Hall polling station in the Zhongnanhai constituency of Xicheng District. He stressed that electing people's congress deputies is the foundation for upholding, improving and effectively operating the people's congress system, and a major event in the country's political life. He called for practicing whole-process people's democracy, upholding Party leadership, fully promoting democracy, acting strictly in accordance with the law and strengthening oversight throughout the electoral process, to ensure that the elections proceed in the right direction and in a clean and upright atmosphere, and that representatives who satisfy the people are elected.
Original Chinese quote
要践行全过程人民民主,坚持党的领导、充分发扬民主、严格依法办事,加强选举全过程监督
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