Qualifications of Congress Delegates

On October 15, as final preparations were made for the holding of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the qualifications of 2,296 delegates were confirmed valid, Sun Yeli a spokesperson for the Congress informed. Delegates attending the Congress represented more than 96 million CPC members and over 4.9 million primary-level Party organizations, Sun  informed a press conference. He said the spectrum of the delegates is broadly representative.

The delegates come from various sectors, various administrative levels, and various institutions including Party and government departments, enterprises, public institutions and people's organizations.

More than one-third of the 2,296 delegates are Party members working on the frontline. Among them, workers or migrant workers account for 8.4 per cent of all delegates, farmers 3.7 per cent, and professionals and technicians 11.6 per cent.

The ratio of female delegates has risen to 27 per cent, Sun said, adding that ethnic minority delegates account for 11.5 per cent of the total.

Sun noted that 59.7 per cent of the delegates are aged under 55, and 95.4 percent of them have a diploma from junior college or above. More than half of the delegates have a master's degree.

Sun said 96.9 per cent of the delegates joined the CPC after the reform and opening-up started in 1978.

All primary-level Party organizations and up to 99.5 per cent of more than 96 million Party members took part in the process which elected the delegates. The CPC Central Committee also directly invited 83 special delegates who enjoy equal rights as elected delegates.

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This article was published in

Volume 52 Number 11 - November 2022

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