Media's focus should not just rest on celebrities at the CPPCC meeting

"WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY ENTERTAINMENT STARS in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee? Can they perform the role well?" This question has become popular online. Media reports about them have distracted attention from the serious discussions taking place about policies. Comments:

Whenever some entertainment star rises, he or she will almost surely be given CPPCC membership at some level. This practice is not exactly in line with the advisory role of the CPPCC in the political system. The CPPCC needs to rally social common sense, and discuss policies that are related with people's interests; there is no evidence showing any entertainment star can do this better than others. It is time to change this distorted practice.

gmw.cn, March 2