Editing Elections in China (section)

====Heads of Local People's Governments====
Heads of People's Governments are formally elected by the People's Congress of that level pursuant to the Organic Law on Local People's Congresses and Governments,{{sfn|Lin|2011|pp=67–69}} but the heads of township governments have been experimentally elected by the people through various mechanisms.{{sfn|Lin|2011|p=66}} There are several models used:<ref>{{cite book|title=Whither China's Democracy: Democratization in China Since the Tiananmen Incident|last=林 (Lin)|first=峰 (Feng)|editor-last=郑 (Cheng)|editor-first=宇硕(Joseph Y. S.)|editor-link=Joseph Cheng|publisher=[[City University of Hong Kong Press]]|year=2011|pages=65–99|isbn=978-962-937-181-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hc5lrfnaOzkC&pg=PA77|ref={{harvid|Lin|2011}}}} At pp. 77–87.</ref>

* direct nomination and election ({{zh|c=直推直选|p=zhi tui zhi xuan}})
* direction election ({{zh|c=直选|p=zhi xuan}})
* two ballots in three rounds ({{zh|c=三轮两票制|p=san lun liang piao zhi}})
* competition based on mass recommendation ({{zh|c=民推竞选|p=min tui jing xuan}})
* nomination and election by the masses ({{lang|zh|[[:wikt:海|海]][[:wikt:选|选]]}} or {{transliteration|zh|hǎi xuǎn}}; literally "sea election")
* public recommendation and public election ({{zh|c=公推公选|p=gong tui gong xuan}})
* vote of confidence ({{zh|c=信任投票|p=xin ren tou piao}})