China said women and young people will be better represented at its Communist Party Congress, widening efforts to bolster the legitimacy of a leadership transition clouded by the ouster of Politburo member Bo Xilai.
Of the 2,270 delegates elected to attend the 18th congress, 521 are women, 76 more than in 2007, Wang Jingqing, Vice Minister of the Organization Department in the party, said at a briefing today in Beijing. There is a 1.9 percentage-point increase in the number of people under the age of 35 who will be attending, Wang said.
Read more at Bloomberg, published 14 August 2012.
China said women and young people will be better represented at its Communist Party Congress, widening efforts to bolster the legitimacy of a leadership transition clouded by the ouster of Politburo member Bo Xilai.
Of the 2,270 delegates elected to attend the 18th congress, 521 are women, 76 more than in 2007, Wang Jingqing, Vice Minister of the Organization Department in the party, said at a briefing today in Beijing. There is a 1.9 percentage-point increase in the number of people under the age of 35 who will be attending, Wang said.
Read more at Bloomberg, published 14 August 2012.