Election hopefuls post web resumes
Source: Xinhua |
November 9, 2011, Wednesday
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FOR the last few days, electorates on Beijing's Financial Street have been busy watching dozens of video resumes online in order to decide which candidates can best represent their interests in the local People's Congress.
Organizers for the Financial Street elections, which fall under the electoral district of Xicheng, made video resumes for the candidates in the area to introduce themselves to voters via the Internet.
The videos were posted online on November 1 and were removed on Monday, one day before local elections commenced in Beijing.
Liu Shuo, a staff member with the Financial Street Electoral Committee, said there had been a lack of communication between candidates and voters in the past, and many voters knew almost nothing about candidates.
"The only information we could get prior to the election was the names of the candidates and voters on a bulletin board posted on the wall of the community," Liu said.
According to the revised electoral law which was enacted last year and is intended to increase candidate-voter interaction, the electoral committees on voters' requests should arrange for candidates to meet with voters to introduce themselves and to answer voters' questions.
However, face-to-face interactions between voters and candidates are difficult to organize around Financial Street where people live hectic lives, and election organizers turned to the Internet to ensure communication.
Beijing's Financial Street - also known as China's Wall Street - is an area that offers a collaborative environment for financial institutions and regulatory agencies.
Of the almost 130,000 electorates in the area, about 90 percent are white-collar workers.
"For those white-collar voters, time is more precious than money, and it is hard for them to meet candidates," said Dong Lei, a Financial Street election organizer.
"At the same time, at least half the candidates in the Financial Street area are executives in financial institutions who are very busy, and it is impossible to gather them to meet with voters," Dong added.
The city has more than 9 million voters and around 21,760 candidates are standing for election.
Organizers for the Financial Street elections, which fall under the electoral district of Xicheng, made video resumes for the candidates in the area to introduce themselves to voters via the Internet.
The videos were posted online on November 1 and were removed on Monday, one day before local elections commenced in Beijing.
Liu Shuo, a staff member with the Financial Street Electoral Committee, said there had been a lack of communication between candidates and voters in the past, and many voters knew almost nothing about candidates.
"The only information we could get prior to the election was the names of the candidates and voters on a bulletin board posted on the wall of the community," Liu said.
According to the revised electoral law which was enacted last year and is intended to increase candidate-voter interaction, the electoral committees on voters' requests should arrange for candidates to meet with voters to introduce themselves and to answer voters' questions.
However, face-to-face interactions between voters and candidates are difficult to organize around Financial Street where people live hectic lives, and election organizers turned to the Internet to ensure communication.
Beijing's Financial Street - also known as China's Wall Street - is an area that offers a collaborative environment for financial institutions and regulatory agencies.
Of the almost 130,000 electorates in the area, about 90 percent are white-collar workers.
"For those white-collar voters, time is more precious than money, and it is hard for them to meet candidates," said Dong Lei, a Financial Street election organizer.
"At the same time, at least half the candidates in the Financial Street area are executives in financial institutions who are very busy, and it is impossible to gather them to meet with voters," Dong added.
The city has more than 9 million voters and around 21,760 candidates are standing for election.
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