4年前,四川步云乡乡长直选的新闻,在《南方周末》披露后,便被有关部门宣布为违宪之举,禁止在媒体上露面。然而它却被美国《时代》周刊选为50年来在中国历史上产生了重大影响事件,刊登在该刊纪念中华人民共和国成立五十周年的特刊上,由此引起世界关注。 4年后的今天,由中国人大官员及专家、学者共同参与的《中国选举状况的报告》正式公开出版后,人们发现步云直选被公开了。全国人大秘书局副局长蔡定剑提起步云直选时对记者感慨地说:“当我看到当时竞选和投票的录像时,我受到极大的震动和感染。”步云直选究竟是怎么搞起来的?为什么地方官员们敢搞这个选举?这种“违宪”的选举为什么能让官方学者如此震撼?本刊专访了步云选举的“幕后操纵者”——世界与中国研究所所长李凡,听他讲述了其中那鲜为人知的故事 Four years ago, news of the direct election of the mayor of Buyun in Sichuan province was announced by the relevant departments as unconstitutional after it was disclosed in the “Southern Weekend.” It was forbidden to appear in the media. However, it was chosen by the “Time” magazine of the United States as a major influential event in Chinese history in the past 50 years and was published in a special issue of the journal commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, arousing world attention. Four years later, after the official publication of the “Report on the State of Election in China” jointly organized by NPC officials, experts and scholars, people saw that the direct election of step cloud was made public. Cai Dingjian, deputy director general of the Secretariat of the NPC, said emotionally to reporters when he said: “I was greatly shocked and infected when I saw the video of the election and voting at the time.” Why local officials dare to engage in this election? Why this “unconstitutional” election can make official scholars so shock? This magazine interviewed the “behind the scenes manipulator” of the election cloud - World and China Institute Li Fan, Listen to him about the little-known story