习近平在参加北京市区人大代表换届选举投票时强调 践行全过程人民民主 确保选出人民满意的代表

Xi Jinping stressed the following as he voted in Beijing's district people's congress elections for a new term:

Practice whole-process people's democracy and ensure the election of representatives who satisfy the people.

Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and Hu Jintao voted in their respective constituencies or entrusted others to vote on their behalf.

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.

At the Huairen Hall polling station, the five-star red flag was bright and eye-catching, and a red ballot box bearing the national emblem stood squarely in the center. Voting proceeded in a standardized and orderly manner, in a solemn and enthusiastic atmosphere.

At around 3:30 p.m., Xi Jinping arrived at the Huairen Hall polling station, listened carefully to an explanation of electoral procedures, handed his voter registration card to staff for verification and received a ballot. After carefully filling it out at the ballot-marking area, he walked to the ballot box and solemnly cast his vote.

That afternoon, Li Qiang voted at the Ziguang Pavilion polling station in the Wenjin Street constituency of Xicheng District; Zhao Leji voted at the Great Hall of the People polling station in the Zhongnanhai constituency of Xicheng District; Wang Huning voted at the Huairen Hall polling station in the Zhongnanhai constituency; Cai Qi voted at the Huairen Hall polling station in the Zhongnanhai constituency; Ding Xuexiang voted at the Ziguang Pavilion polling station in the Wenjin Street constituency; and Li Xi voted at the polling station of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Commission of Supervision headquarters in the Taijichang constituency of Dongcheng District. Han Zheng entrusted a staff member to vote on his behalf at the Huairen Hall polling station in the Zhongnanhai constituency.

Hu Jintao entrusted a staff member to vote on his behalf at the Huairen Hall polling station in the Zhongnanhai constituency.

Relevant leading officials of the CPC Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission, as well as officials who had stepped down from leadership posts, voted in their respective constituencies or entrusted others to vote on their behalf.

On November 6, Beijing established a total of 13,054 polling stations. Competitive elections will produce 4,898 deputies to the new term of district people's congresses and 11,137 deputies to township people's congresses.