Expats not outsiders: Through local CPPCC events and making suggestions, foreign residents in Shanghai experience firsthand practice of China's democracy
By: Global Times | Published: Mar 04, 2026 11:12 PM
The ongoing China's annual "two sessions" serve as a key window for the world to observe whole-process people's democracy in China. Two expats shared their stories of taking part in local CPPCC meetings with the Global Times, giving a glimpse of whole-process people's democracy through foreigners' eyes. The whole-process people's democracy in China, this entire system, is for the people, Nepalese surgeon Ashish Maskay said.