Party congress to reflect a sense of greater choice

Delegates from all sectors will help set future course, Jiang Xueqing and Tang Yue report in Beijing.

Although the exact date of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has yet to be announced, the names of the 2,270 delegates who will vote in the quinquennial leadership election were announced earlier this month.

Before the election, the CPC Central Committee, which convenes the congress and decides the number of delegates who will attend, determined that the number of candidates in the elections should be at least 15 percent more than the number of delegates, and the ratio of delegates from the grassroots, especially workers, should be increased.