Delegates of the 18th Communist party congress never miss an opportunity to tell reporters how President Hu Jintao’s report has lifted their spirits, touched their hearts and enlightened their souls.
None the less, it is always good to keep an open mind. Two night ago, I covered a small press conference, which I thought might prove to be different from the usual events.
The conference was given by a friendly and bubbly young woman called Yan Wenjing, a 26-year-old native of Inner Mongolia who has been residing in Zhongshan for the past six years. She is one of the delegates for the 18th party congress, representing migrant workers in Guangdong.
However, Yan wouldn’t put it like that. In her words, she’s a representative of the “new generational industrial workers”. The bloated phrase is confusing and sounds more like public relations spin.
Yan takes her role as a delegate for fellow migrant workers seriously and is committed to the Chinese Communist Party, diligently promoting party and government policies at every opportunity.
Yan spent only 10 months as a frontline worker making motor parts for electronic cars before she was promoted to middle management in a private corporation where she also holds a position as deputy party secretary.