Blind Government Advisor Submits Bill Online on Blind Education

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Blind Government Advisor Submits Bill Online on Blind Education

Xia Rongqiang, the first blind member of the advisory body to east China's Fujian Province, submitted his bill via the Internet urging a bigger budget for blind people's education.

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Xia Rongqiang, the first blind member of the advisory body to east China's Fujian Province, submitted his bill via the Internet urging a bigger budget for blind people's education.

Xia is a member of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

For the first time online delivery of bills to the committee's upcoming annual session was allowed, and Xia's bill was the first such submission.

Xia said his election to the committee showed that disabled people in China enjoyed equal rights on discussing political affairs.

Xia is principal of a blind school in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian,which is affiliated to the Hadley School for the Blind, an institute aiming to help educate the blind internationally.

The Hadley School has branches in more than 100 countries and regions all over the world, but Xia's school is the only one in China and Asia.

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