Three people stood out from a crowd of 3000 delegates attending the ongoing 11th National People's Congress. The reason they are overly pursued by the media had something to do with their status of being rural migrant workers, who have become the country's legislators for the first time. How do people in the media view this change? We jump right into today's media spin for a look.

Beijing Youth Daily runs a commentary calling the election of migrant workers into the country's legislative body a milestone change in China's politics. Even though the number of delegates representing migrant workers is fairly limited. The author recalls that ever since the 1990s, migrant workers have been a special group in China. This population numbers of the group is huge. Due to the country's residential registration system; they cannot enjoy fair treatment as urbanites do. For a long time, the migrant workers' voice was ignored by government and the general public. The article believes more representation of migrant workers at the top legislative body helps shorten the gap between people and creates a harmonious society. Additionally, in order to encourage their participation, the author suggests the government demonstrates their support and offers training for these rookie representatives.

Xinhua runs a commentary saying the migrant workers were impressively articulate, confident, and humorous when answering inquiries from journalists at the NPC sessions. Both media from home and abroad paid great attention to their speech, because their answers are simple and straightforward. The author attributes migrant workers' articulacy to a confidence in the future policies being made by government. They believe their living standards could be changed as more and more of their fellow colleagues become pivotal components of China's rising economy.

Meanwhile, Guangming Observatory says the three delegates, who came from areas with particularly high numbers of migrant workers, namely Shanghai, Guangdong and Chongqing, gave a true representation of the 15 million plus migrant workers in China. With rural migrant workers entering politics, their opinions, wishes, and needs will be heard by the government gradually. The author says there is already a question concerning scrapping the term of migrant workers. For example, the province of Zhejiang has already abandoned temporary residential permits, which allow people from other cities working in Zhejiang to enjoy equal treatment. As boundaries are broken for employment in China, the special label of rural migrant workers is no longer appropriate, and therefore the author believes the name will disappear eventually.