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NPC adopts amendment to Electoral Law
Posted: March-14-2010Adjust font size:

 
The Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress holds its closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 14, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

 

China's top Legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), adopted here Sunday the amendment to the Electoral Law, which grants equal representation in legislative bodies to rural and urban people.

Lawmakers applauded after NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo announced the voting result.

The amendment was approved with 2,747 votes from the 2,909 NPC deputies present at the closing meeting.

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