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Politics● Low22m ago · Nov 8, 2026, 12:30 PM

China eyes gig workers and influencers as delegates for Communist Party congress

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

For the first time, delivery couriers, ride-hailing drivers and influencers could become delegates to the Communist Party’s five-yearly national congress, as Beijing seeks to keep the group close to the official ideology. Guidelines on selecting delegates for the meeting, to be held in the second half of next year, were issued on Saturday. The 21st party congress is expected to bring together 2,360 delegates, according to Xinhua. They will vote to elect more than 300 full and alternate members...

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