十一届全国人大五次会议通过了关于十二届全国人大代表名额和选举问题的决定。决定规定,十二届全国人大代表中,基层代表特别是一线工人、农民和专业技术人员代表的比例要比上届有所上升,党政领导干部代表的比例要比上届有所降低。 The 5th Session of the 11th NPC passed a decision on the quota and election of deputies to the 12th NPC. The decision stipulated that among the deputies to the 12th NPC, the ratio of grassroots representatives, especially front-line workers, peasants and professional and technical personnel, would have risen from the previous one, with the proportion of party and government leading cadres going down from the previous one.