From the streets to the Great Hall of the People
By Tang Yue | China Daily | Updated: 2012-12-20 08:04
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Top: Zhu Xueqin, 35, who has worked for a clothing company since 1994, was elected as a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress. Provided to China Daily Above: Ren Xiaoyun, a 39-year-old garbage truck driver, was one of a record 26 migrant worker delegates among the 2,270 at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Cui Meng / China Daily |
A number of migrant workers have become political figures after being elected as delegates at high-level political meetings. Tang Yue reports from Shanghai and Beijing.
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