1999年元月4日下午5点,四川遂宁市中区步云乡进行着不同寻常的就职宣誓仪式。宣誓人谭晓秋满脸的严肃中抑制不住几分激动。宣誓就职仪式宣告中国第一个由选民直选的乡长诞生了!如果说1980年广西罗城、宜州两地村民率先建立村委会、1998年3月吉林省镇赉县大官村村民自己“海选”村民委员会主任的创举,开辟了中国基层民主政治建设之先河的话,那么步云乡的乡长直选,则是我国 At 5 pm on January 4, 1999, an unusual oath of office took place at Buyun Township, Suining City, Sichuan Province. Tan Xiaochu vowed to face a serious face could not suppress some excitement. At the inauguration ceremony, China’s first mayor elected by voters was born! If the villagers in Lucheng and Yizhou in 1980 were the first to establish village committees, the villagers of Daguan Village, Zhenlai County, Jilin Province in March 1998, “Sea election ” village committee director of the initiative, opened up China’s grassroots democracy and political precedent, then Buyun township mayor direct election, is our country