China

Population Statistics

1,367,485,388

Total Population

205,122,808

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

01 August 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1982, last amended 2004)

Updated: June 2015

Article 34 states:

All citizens of the People's Republic of China who have reached the age of 18 have the right to vote and stand for election, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, family background, religious belief, education, property status, or length of residence, except persons deprived of political rights according to law.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1982, last amended 2004)

Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic ...

Updated: June 2015

Article 24 states:

...Citizens who suffer from mental illness and are incapable of exercising their electoral rights shall, upon determination by the election committee, not be included in the roll of voters.

 

Article 36 states:

…If a voter is illiterate or handicapped and is therefore unable to write his ballot, he may entrust another person to write it for him.

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China (1979, last amended 2004)