Ratio of female deputies in China’s top legislature hits record high
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By Sun Wenyu (People’s Daily Online) The ratio of female deputies in China’s new top legislature reached a record high of 24.9%. 742 of the newly elected 2,980 deputies for the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) are women, 43 more from the 12th NPC. Compared with the 12th NPC, 23 of the 35 electoral units saw […]