MO YAN, JACKIE CHAN
IN CHINESE PARLIAMENT
China
has given a political role to the 2012 winner of Nobel Prize for literature Mo
Yan and movie star Jackie Chan by selecting them as a members of one of the
Houses of Parliament, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
(C.P.P.C.C).
Xi,
the new General Secretary of the communist party, is expected to become the
country’s new President when the two Houses of the Parliament meet in March.
Mo, the first Chinese citizen to win the
coveted prize, was watched closely at home and abroad when he
accepted the prize and travelled to Europe. He
did not either praise or criticize the government and
most of his statements focused on literature with his life
in a village in Shandong province. Yao Ming, a popular
basket ball player and former NBA star has also been given
a seat in the CPPCC.
The CPPCC members, who are from different
walks of life were selected without an election
process and include 893 members of the Communist Party.
Those chosen include officials, military officers,
members of non-communist parties, along with
representatives from economic, political, cultural, social and
environmental fields, said Ling Jihua, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
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