Zhang Jun/Shanghai Daily news

Delegates to the Shanghai People's Congress can stop raising their hands and start raising the occasional objection.
Starting this year, delegates will use voting machines instead of raising their hands to vote for or against government proposals. The first vote using the machines is scheduled for Friday.
"Hopefully, the voting-machine will better encourage SPC delegates to express their viewpoints," said Zhang Chengye, director of the information center of the Standing Committee of the SPC.
He said the committee considers the voting machines a great leap forward in the construction of a democratic political system in the city.
The shanghai People's Congress is the city's top legislative body. It holds an annual session at the start of each year to discuss and vote on major government reports and plans.
More than 800 SPC delegates will use the new voting machines to vote on the city's 11th Five-Year Plan among other government documents at the Shanghai Exhibition Center on Friday.
The electronic system can be installed before voting begins and removed afterwards.
A panel in front of each chair at the meeting will contain three buttons for voting - one to vote for a proposal, one to vote against, and the third to abstain.
Delegates will have more than one minute, and can change their minds as many times as they want. Only the last vote will count.
Zhang said many delegates have pushed the standing committee to replace public voting with private voting machines over the past few years.
It took about three months to set up the system, but Zhang wouldn't say how much the machines cost to build and install.
In the past, almost all SPC votes were done by raising hands - a system that allowed everyone to see how delegates were voting. On some occasions when the voting was related to government or SPC leaders, delegates were asked to write on a voting sheet.
However, the rule was rather awkward. Delegates were told not to write anything unless they were voting against a proposal or candidate.
The old system led to conformity, as few delegates were willing to be among a small minority opposing a bill. Most SPC delegates who talked to Shanghai Daily yesterday said they are pleased with the new machines.
"I prefer using the voting machine because it allows people to express viewpoints more freely and directly," said Zhang Zaiyang, an SPC delegate and deputy director of the Yangshan Bonded Port Administration.
He said the machines are a big step forward for democracy.
"Using the voting machine is more reasonable and human-oriented than hand-raising," said Guan Zhuangmin, a member of the SPC's Standing Committee.
He said people like to express different views on government works, positive or negative.