The Longbiao Group’s deliberative conversations were part of a broader series of democratic conversations in Zeguo township. The group's conversations provided an opportunity for education and training, a first step in developing an improved relationship between management and workers.
The Guangming Village local government set up a platform for public deliberation on the role of married-out women. Although the deliberative forum is held under an authoritarian system, this case demonstrates how the government’s public policy making can be the result of the contestation of many interest groups.
Conducted in 2015, the project embedded Deliberative Polling® in participatory budgeting making it one of the first projects in urban China that integrated public participation and deliberation using a social science approach.
Note: for a full case study of Participatory Budgeting in Chengdu, please visit http://participedia.net/en/cases/participatory-budgeting-mayan-village-c...