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2026.03.01 17:24 GMT+8

Altay, archaeology and the road to the Great Hall of the People

Updated 2026.03.01 17:24 GMT+8
CGTN

Every March, global attention turns to Beijing for China's Two Sessions. But long before the meetings begin, many of the conversations that shape national policy start far from the capital – in communities where local voices gradually take form. In Altay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, that process comes to life in the daily work of a young deputy to the National People's Congress.

For four years in a row, CGTN's Yang Xinmeng has followed Zoya Bexti, witnessing how grassroots experience is translated into national deliberation. Her story is less about a single motion and more about the process itself: how problems are spotted, discussed, refined and eventually brought onto China's highest platform for public affairs.

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