Han Dayuan, dean of the law school at Renmin University of China, said that a broad representation of lawmakers from various backgrounds would help balance the views of different groups and reach consensus. It will make decision-making more democratic.

In January 2008, Hu Xiaoyan, working in Foshan city in Guangdong province, became the country's first migrant worker to be elected a national lawmaker.

"The most important reason for my being elected is so that migrant workers will be given much greater attention," Hu said.

Since 2008, Hu has submitted nearly 20 proposals to the top legislature. All are related to safeguarding the interests of migrant workers, such as providing greater access to education for their children and ensuring workers get paid on time.

There are three migrant workers who are deputies in the 11th NPC, but the number of migrant workers in the country has expanded rapidly in recent years. At around 250 million, they are a major force in China's economic development

Questions:

1. How many deputies to the 12th National People's Congress will be elected by January 2013?

2. Who will get more seats?

3. Who became China’s first migrant worker to be elected a national lawmaker in 2008?

Answers:

1. Nearly 3,000.

2. Workers and farmers.

3. Hu Xiaoyan, of Foshan city in Guangdong province.

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