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Actor Stephen Chow appointed as Guangdong CPPCC member

Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow Sing-chi is one of the newest additions to Guangdong's Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference committee. 

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Kung Fu Hustle star, Stephen Chow. Photo: K Y Cheng

Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow Sing-chi is one of the newest additions to Guangdong's Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference committee. 

The Kung Fu Hustle star is one of 978 members adopted into the body during a provincial meeting in Guangzhou on Monday. The list consists of delegates from 32 different sectors, representing a range of political parties and organisations, as well as independent members.

The Guangdong CPPCC provincial committee, unlike at the national level, includes people from Hong Kong and Macau in a “special invitation” sector.

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That sector makes up the largest number of members with a total of 281, followed by the economics sector with 77 members.

Chow is affiliated with Zhigongdang of China (ZGD), an official party composed of many returned overseas Chinese. ZGD derives from the Hung Society organisation, historically one of Sun Yat-sen’s key supporters.
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Other Hong Kong celebrities on the list include Kent Tong Chun-yip, Sally Wu and Ma Dingsheng, who have served as members of the committee in previous terms.

The committee includes 170 female members, accounting for about 17 per cent of the total number.

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