Taiyuan University of Technology Organizes NPC Deputy Voting
A netizen submission states that Taiyuan University of Technology organized faculty and students to participate in the voting for NPC deputies.
A netizen submission states that Taiyuan University of Technology organized faculty and students to participate in the voting for NPC deputies.
Recently, universities in Jilin and other regions have required students to attend and vote in local district and county People's Congress representative elections. It is stipulated that abstention is not allowed, and leave is not granted for off-campus internships. There are people guiding students to mark circles or crosses next to candidates, and taking photos is prohibited. Students have posted online to complain.
East China Normal University issued a notice stating that classes will be suspended across the entire campus on November 16 due to the district-level People's Congress election, sparking public questioning regarding the real power of candidates and students' right to know.
On November 2, East China Normal University issued a notice stating that to facilitate the district-level People's Congress representative election, all classes for students and faculty will be suspended on the morning and afternoon of Monday, November 16.
On November 2, the Shanghai University of Engineering Science issued a notice stating that to facilitate the district-level People's Congress representative election on November 16, classes at the Songjiang and Changning campuses will be suspended that morning. Teachers and students are to be organized to participate in the election, and it is required that affected courses make up for the missed progress, with no reduction in syllabus content allowed.
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At a public school in Guangzhou, teachers were banned from abstaining in the election of deputies to the People's Congress, and they were privately told explicitly to cast their votes for a designated candidate. Netizens joked that the election was nothing but a formality.