Informational inclusion

Reflection work in China’s local people’s political consultative conferences

Bibliographic Data

ID7309968
AuthorsRebekka Åsnes Sagild (0009-0002-9674-0128, Dongbang Culture University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume4
Issue3
Pages252-266
Publication date2019-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Chinese Governance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2381-2354 • E-ISSN: 2381-2346
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23812346.2019.1635402
OpenAlexW2960558682
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conferences (CPPCCs) tend to be disregarded in scholarly work for lacking formal political powers. This overlooks the fact that the CPPCC has a range of embedded input functions for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), including the task of reflecting popular opinions and social issues (反映社情民意fanying sheqing minyi). This article looks closer at this aspect of the CPPCC, drawing on interviews, internal documents, and publicly available information. The findings highlight the complex relationship between officially defined purpose, top-down control, and local practice of reflection-work. Despite the divergence between expressed and intended goals, in practice, this form of CPPCC-work can both be a way to engage CPPCC-members in solving issues of local governance, as well a channel for, broadly defined, political inclusion at the local level in China

China · Inclusion (mineral · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Reflection (computer programming · Sociology · Work (physics · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Social Media and Politics · Social Work Education and Practice

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