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Delegate Hu Xiaoyan Turns off Her Mobile Phone
    2008-04-04 16:01:21     CRIENGLISH.com

 
In order to better communicate with over 150 million migrant workers, the delegate of migrant workers in the annual session of National People's Congress, Hu Xiaoyan gave her personal mobile phone number and QQ number to the public last month.

But few days later, her connecting tone became the advertisement of her employer. And now, neither her mobile phone nor her QQ can reach her.

The discussion of her behavior is sizzling across China now.

One article from Xinhua.net says the migrant workers are often discriminated against in the society. They have problems with many issues including the education of their children, the payment of salary and their social benefits. However, when the local officials ignore their problems, they eagerly call their delegate to express their needs and hopes. Hu XiaoYan's number was called thousands of times in an hour. It is impossible for anyone to take all the calls, not to mention solving all the problems.

A commentary in Beijing Youth Daily commented that Hu Xiaoyan's disappearance reveals the dilemma of the NPC delegates. As the delegates have their own work to do, they hardly have the time to get to know the people better and work for their benefits. Therefore, to reform the delegation system and progressively make the delegates as full time personnel is necessary.

Another commentary in Yanzhao Metropolitan News points out that it is disappointing that the migrant workers can only turn to the star in their community, delegate Hu Xiaoyan, for the legal system is not capable of protecting their basic rights. However, when the burden is too heavy for delegate Hu and she shuts off communication with the public, who else will listen to the under-privileged people? What else can be done to help the migrant workers?

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