Does Deputies’ Voice Matter? Selective Response to Deputies of Local People’s Congress in Contemporary China

• In Event: The People's Congresses and Participation in China

Brief Overview

This paper is interested in an important premise of studying representation of Chinese local people’s congress members: do deputies under authoritarian regimes matter? In other words, is deputies’ voice taken seriously?

Authors

• Hui Yang, Tsinghua University

• Xiaoxiao Tian, Sun Yat-sen University