China News Service, May 17. According to the US Chinese website, after years of hard work, Chicago in the United States officially announced the formation of its first Asian constituency on Monday (16th). Area.
The birth of an Asian-dominated constituency will help increase the voice of Asians in various city resolutions.
The officially adopted map will affect the political map of Chicago in the next ten years. Chinatown and Bridgeport District will be merged into the new 11 districts, with 50.08% of Asian residents and 50.17% of Asian voters.
After the establishment of the new District 11, it is expected that an Asian representative will be elected in the city council election in February next year to strengthen the Asian voice in the city council.
Chen Zenghua, chairman of the Chicago Chinatown Better Unity Alliance, who has long been committed to constituency redistricting, said that the birth of the first Asian-American constituency is of great significance to the Asian-American community and the city as a whole.
Chen Zenghua also introduced that when planning the Asian constituency, he won the support of African-Americans, Latinos and other ethnic groups.
The adoption of the new map also means that there will be no more referendums that waste people and money.
The new map will have 16 predominantly African-American constituencies, 14 Latino constituencies, 18 white constituencies and 1 black-majority constituency.
(Qiu Honghui)