Being a celebrity not enough to be political advisor

ERIC TSANG, a Hong Kong actor, has reportedly confirmed his resignation as political advisor to Jiangmen, a city in Southeast China's Guangdong province. Tsang has never shown up at an annual session of Jiangmen Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the political advisory body, since he was elected in 2011. Changjiang Daily on Wednesday calls for more binding regulations on political advisors, who are supposed to help improve social governance:

In fact, it is not a surprise that Tsang chose to resign his position as the only "celebrity" political advisor for Jiangmen, given his five-year absence from all the local political events and the fact that he is also a member of the CPPCC Guangzhou Committee. The two cities normally hold their annual sessions at the same time, and he has reportedly focused on Guangzhou.

This highlights that long-awaited uniform regulations on political advisors are yet to take shape. A binding mechanism to streamline, supervise and regulate the election and resignation of all political advisors needs to be established.