Villager Xu Sulan (L), 77, is helped to vote for a new supervisory committee on village affairs at Houchen Village in Wuyi County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 28, 2013. Thirty-six representatives of local villagers elected their new supervisory committee, which would help villagers oversee the handling of public affairs, such as financial expenses and construction projects. The system started in 2004. (Xinhua/Tan Jin)
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