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Xi Jinping votes in Beijing district people's congress election
Xi Jinping voted in a Beijing district election on Nov.
6, the day of local people's congress elections in the city.
He cast his ballot at a polling station in the Xicheng district, choosing a district-level people's congress representative.
The elections are part of a wider round of county- and township-level elections across China.
More than one billion voters are expected to directly elect over 2.6 million representatives at those levels, according to the figures given.
People's congresses are bodies whose representatives exercise state power, and county and township representatives make up most of China's five levels of people's congresses.
Xi called these elections a foundation of the people's congress system, and called for oversight throughout the process to ensure the election is properly conducted and produces representatives people are satisfied with.
The current round of elections is continuing across the country.
Xi Jinping voted in the election for representatives to Beijing’s district people’s congress on Nov. 6.
He cast his ballot at the Huairen Hall polling station in the Xicheng district Zhongnanhai constituency.
Xi said electing people’s congress representatives is fundamental to the people’s congress system and a major event in national political life.
He called for oversight throughout the election process to ensure it proceeds in the right direction and elects representatives who satisfy the people.
The article said more than 1 billion voters are to directly elect over 2.6 million representatives at county and township levels in the current election cycle.
- Who
- Xi Jinping, China’s president, voted in the election.
- What
- He cast a ballot in the election for Beijing district people’s congress representatives.
- When
- Nov. 6; the article was published Nov. 7, 2026.
- Where
- The Huairen Hall polling station in the Zhongnanhai constituency, Xicheng district, Beijing.
- Why
- The article said the election is a foundation of the people’s congress system and a major event in national political life.
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Xi called for election work to uphold Party leadership, promote democracy and strictly follow the law.
Xi called for linking democratic elections with consultation, decision-making, management and oversight.
Xi voted in the Beijing district people’s congress election.
China News Service published its report on Xi’s vote.
- Polling date
- Nov. 6, 2026
- Polling station
- Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai constituency
- District
- Xicheng, Beijing
- Current county- and township-level elections
- More than 1 billion voters to directly elect over 2.6 million representatives
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What people are saying
Electing people’s congress representatives is fundamental to upholding, improving and operating the people’s congress system well, and is a major event in national political life.
We must practice whole-process people’s democracy, uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, fully promote democracy and strictly act in accordance with the law.
Strengthen oversight throughout the election process, ensure the election work is conducted in the right direction and with integrity, and ensure that representatives who satisfy the people are elected.