Younger deputies take new approach

Among the deputies to the 12th National People's Congress, there were only two who were born in the 1990s. Five years later, more young people from the post-90s generation have been elected as national legislators as their roles in Chinese society have become increasingly important.

"I have been asked many times by reporters about my plans as a representative from the post-90s generation. But does age really matter?" asked Cui Jiuxiu, 26, before I had a chance to put a question to her.

Cui, who is from Shandong province, is a community officer in Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. She took up her position in the distant city in 2014 after graduating from a university in Shandong.