The 5th round of election for a new residential committee at a comm​unity in Xi’an began on August 18, 2013

The 5th round of election for a new residential committee at a community in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, began on August 18, 2013. Residents got to vote for their candidates directly for the first time in the city’s history.

A resident shows his voter registration for the election. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)