In China, the elections of local people's congresses are taking place across the country. More than 900 million voters are expected to directly elect some 2.5 million lawmakers at the county or township level.

On Tuesday, about nine million people voted in the capital Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping also cast his ballot.

Chinese President Xi Jinping casts his ballot at a voting booth to elect new deputies for the local people's congress in his district in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 15, 2016. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

A voter casts her ballot at a voting booth to elect new deputies for the local people's congress in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 15, 2016. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

Under China's current Electoral Law, deputies to people's congresses in townships and counties are elected directly by voters. They in turn elect deputies to people's congresses of cities, who then elect deputies at the provincial level.

NPC deputies are elected by people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.