Political advisors' 'fuss' in the interests of residents

MEMBERS OF the Guangdong provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the province's main political advisory body, reportedly used props, including scarves and banners with images of popular television figures, to seek a chance to improvise a short speech during a recent routine meeting. Beijing News spoke highly of these political advisors' enthusiasm for participating in local public affairs and urged the relevant authorities to respond to their concerns and improve the advisory channels:

In comparison to those so-called celebrity members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference who never attend local political events or have nothing to offer during the annual sessions, the zealous Guangdong political advisors not only realized their public responsibility but also sought to fulfill it.

It is praiseworthy that they volunteered to make comments and proposals on certain issues on behalf of residents, instead of seeing their CPPCC membership as a privilege or burden. True, they did resort to making a fuss to get the presiding officer's attention, but it is what they proposed in the interests of local residents that matters most.