As The Only Candidate, Tie Ning Becomes The First Female Head of Writers

Tie Ning (ÈìÅÂáù), the Chinese female writer who recently became the Chairman of the China Association of Writers, got the least votes in the committee member election. Despite this, she was named as the chairman directly by the Communist Party because she is the only writer who is also an alternative member of the Party’s central committee, said Ya Zhou Zhou Kan, a Hong Kong magazine.

199 committee members were elected by 953 representatives at the seventh national meeting of writers. Tie Ning won about 790 votes, the lowest among the elected committee members. All the other new members won more than 800 votes. But in the chairman election, Tie was the only candidate. She got about 160 votes.

The Chairman of the China Association of Writers is a very honorable position. Only two respectable Chinese writers, Mao Dun and Ba Jin, once held it. Tie is the third and is the first female chairman.

-Read Ya Zhou Zhou Kan (Chinese) for more
-Also read sohoxiaobao blog

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