２０００年４月 ,湖北省谷城县庙滩镇高台铺村委会想建一栋办公楼 ,全村户平约需集资２００元 ,村委会便召开全村群众大会 ,提请群众公决。结果该项目以８５ %的否决票被否决。一组村民胡用喜说 :“这几年村里还不富裕 ,眼前又遭受严重的旱灾 ,农业减产 ,农户减收 ,再上项目 , In April 2000, the Gaotipu village committee of Miaotan Town, Gucheng County, Hubei Province, wanted to build an office building. The village committee agreed to raise funds of 200 yuan a day. The village committee held a mass general assembly and called for the people’s referendum. As a result, the project was rejected with 85% of the negative votes. Hu Yixi, a group of villagers, said: "In the past few years, the village is still not wealthy. Now it has suffered from a serious drought, a decrease in agriculture and a reduction in peasant households.