BEIJING: Carrying copies of draft laws from door to door and conducting interviews with residents to solicit their opinions on legislative affairs is one of Wang Zunyi’s major tasks.
Over the past six years, Wang－with residents of the Gaozhuang community that he heads in Xiangyang, Hubei province－has presented more than 100 suggestions to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature.
Thanks to the establishment of a “grassroots legislation opinion collection station”, an innovative move initiated by the NPC Standing Committee in July 2015, people like Wang can give their advice directly to the legislature. Du Jun, deputy director of the standing committee of the people’s congress of Xiangyang, the city’s legislative body, said this was a bridge between the public and lawmakers.
“It shows that legislation comes from the people and is for the people, and it’s an implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law,” he said. A key part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, this was highlighted in November at a central conference in Beijing on work related to overall law-based governance.
President Xi Jinping stressed that work on the rule of law should be people-centered, saying that the advancement of overall law-based governance is dependent on society.
– The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
