Xi Jinping's address book on sale in China
Staff Reporter 2012-12-24 08:51
The little book with all the most important office addresses. (Interntet Photo)
The address book of Xi Jinping, China's soon-to-be president, is now on sale in China. The book has become a hot sell among local lobbyists, reports Duowei News, operated by overseas Chinese.
The cover of the address book echoes the central government's renewed "war on corruption" with the words "chairman Xi has zero tolerance on corruption," along with a stalwart picture of the new leader. The addresses of Xi Jinping and premier-elect Wen Jiabao's offices are both on the first page of the booklet. Other important figures of the Communist Party of China including Wu Bangguo, chairman of the National People's Congress' Standing Committee; Meng Jianzhu, secretary of the Central Politics and Law Commission; and Wang Qishan, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
The little booklet goes for a humble six yuan (US$0.95). The new version, published after November's 18th National Congress, succeeds the old Hu Jintao booklet.
Most information on China's top officials can be found on the internet, but the book is selling quite well at Yongding Gate in Beijing, a place where lobbyists representing villages and small towns from around the country gather to have their voices heard. They often come carrying complaints about corruption or oppression from local governments, and wish to have their problems addressed from the top.
In just two months since Xi was announced as China's next leader, he has already earned a reputation with his anti-corruption campaign. The lobbyists feel they have a rekindled hope of defending their legal rights against bureaucracy, according to Duowei.
