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This is the fourth consecutive year that He Youlin， a delegate to China’s top legislature， the National People’s Congress（NPC）， has called for the complete and systematic abolition of the country’s controversial One Child Policy. The various other proposals He brought to Beijing this year， as in the previous six years， focused on the lives and rights of ordinary Chinese people.
The 59-year-old middle-school principal from Guangdong Province is well-known for his outspokenness， his policy proposals to improve the lives of disadvantaged groups， and his insistence that the government answer his calls. Contrasting sharply with the many delegates who either remain silent or make absurd proposals during the NPC， He is in the minority among the nearly 3，000 attendees at the conference.
“I can hardly imagine how poor people with no more than US$350 income a month can survive，” He said in his speech at the 2011 session. He suggested that government officials stop using clichés like“Let the people live a better life，” since， as he noted， the word “let”makes the prospect of a better life sound like “a favor from on high.” His direct and sometimes emotional expressions of sympathy and criticism gained him plaudits both inside and outside the assembly room. He has been nicknamed “Brother Youmin，”meaning “caring for the public，” by netizens， a quality seen as all too rare among those involved in China’s political apparatus. However， He Youlin hasn’t always been seen as a hero. The first time he pushed for the abolition of the One Child Policy during the 2010 NPC session， he was met with total silence. Unperturbed， He put forward a written proposal the next year， but again received no reply. He delivered a “notice of dissatisfaction” to the agency in charge of the policy， known at the time as the National Family Planning Commission， which was then required by NPC rules to apologize and send officials to discuss the matter with him. He was told that new policies would be adopted after the Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party Central Committee in 2013. Now， several provinces have begun to implement a “Two Child Policy”for couples either one of whom is an only child. Ma Xu， a senior official from what is now known as the National Health and Family Planning Commission， told the media during this year’s NPC session that about 20 provinces would have the new policy in place this year. He Youlin， however， insisted that this “Two Child Policy” be extended to all families.
However， it is serious research， not strong emotions， that makes a qualified NPC member. As a middle school teacher and principal for more than 20 years， He has borne witness to the grief of parents who have lost their only child， and the corruption of family planning officials.
Born and raised in rural areas of comparatively less developed Jiangxi Province in central China， He places much emphasis on education， particularly in the countryside. One of his five proposals in 2008， his first NPC session， was to increase subsidies for class teachers， who are responsible for every aspect of the school lives of 40 to 60 students in an elementary or middle school. The Ministry of Education adopted his proposal.
In a video interview with the People’s Daily Online on March 10， 2014， He argued for the provision of improved pay and work conditions to attract better teachers to less developed areas and ordinary schools in cities. Children in poor areas， he said， are disadvantaged even before their formal schooling begins. He repeated his suggestion this year that kindergarten become part of compulsory education. According to the Ministry of Education， in 2013， less than 70 percent of children receive a preschool education. The rate is lower in China’s western provinces.
He’s career as a teacher has also given him insight into various other aspects of society. Through discussions with parents of his students， he learned that the legal system in populous places like Guangdong was short-staffed because distribution of legal personnel was based on the size of the locally registered population， without considering massive migrant populations.
However， the central government’s effective monopoly on the allocation of central funding often means that local governments are left with insufficient funds with which to address such problems. Since 2010， He Youlin has been one of a number of delegates advocating redress of this imbalance. He has tried to work with delegates from less developed areas within Guangdong Province， in order to attract the attention of the media and the central government. However， even though He was fighting in their own interests， he met with little enthusiasm from rural delegates. “They may not want to look defiant when facing the central government，” he told NewsChina.
Apparently， few delegates share his belief that “it is the responsibility of an NPC member to criticize the government，” a claim he made during the 2013 NPC session. He has not hesitated to criticize delegates who he feels are shirking this responsibility. In 2010， he openly questioned those who were spending their time networking with higher-ups， shopping and promoting their own businesses.
He Youlin was somewhat shocked to be given a second five-year term as an NPC delegate in 2013 he has said that he sees this as a sign that the government is becoming more tolerant of critical voices. Positive changes like this， he hopes， will pick up momentum.
For the billions of Chinese people not privy to the goings-on inside the Great Hall of the People， they can only hope that the rest of the delegates are gradually beginning to take their jobs as seriously as He Youlin takes his.