BEIJING, March
2 (Xinhuanet) ¨C More than half of the deputies of the Yunnan provincial
delegation to the National People¡¯s Congress, China¡¯s legislature, are from 22
minority ethnic groups.
Yu Shuaijiao, a
deputy from the Bulang ethnic group, said, ¡°We deputies of minority ethnic
groups represent Tibetans, Lagu, Dai, Yao, Hui, Naxi, Miao, Pumi, Wa, Dulong and
other groups.¡±
Yunnan Province in southwest
China has 26 minority ethnic groups, more than any other province-level areas in
the country.
Moreover, the
Yunnan provincial delegation has 18 female deputies from grass-roots units, or
nearly 20 percent of the total. Enditem
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