Public to see if deputies fill seats
By Qiu Quanlin | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-23 07:45
GUANGZHOU - This city's legislature has become China's first law-making body to publish the attendance records of deputies in an attempt to better hold public servants to account.
A circular released on late Tuesday night by the secretariat of the annual session of the local people's congress showed that 481 deputies attended the congress' morning plenary session, while 22 asked for leave and two were absent without excuse.
On Monday, 494 deputies had attended the congress' morning plenary session, while seven had asked for leave and four had been absent without excuse.
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