来自斐济、基里巴斯、密克罗尼西亚联邦、瑙鲁、纽埃、巴布亚新几内亚、所罗门群岛、汤加、瓦努阿图9个太平洋岛国的议员日前到访广东多地，考察广东在可持续发展、农业科技和循环经济方面的创新实践，以及中国全过程人民民主在广东的实践。
所罗门群岛国会议员、前总理里克·霍尼普维拉（Rick Houenipwela）指出全过程人民民主独特的包容性。他观察到，中国的基层民主制度使得包括残障人士在内的所有群体都可参选人大代表，体现出一个真正让每个声音都能被听到的制度。
他还指出，这种民意表达机制不同于许多国家的自上而下领导模式，而是由来自普通百姓的代表们通过实际生活经验提出建议。尽管部分机制无法直接移植到本国，但他认为许多经验值得学习。
Recently, parliamentarians from nine Pacific island nations—Fiji, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu—visited Guangdong, China to explore its innovations in sustainable development, agricultural technology, and circular economy practices, as well as the implementation of China's whole-process people's democracy.
Solomon Islands MP and former Prime Minister Hon. Rick Houenipwela highlighted the unique inclusivity of this democratic system, noting how the grassroots democracy ensures representation for all groups, including people with disabilities. This, he said, exemplifies a system where every voice is genuinely heard.
Houenipwela also emphasized that this model of expressing public opinion differs from the top-down leadership selection common in many countries, with representatives from ordinary backgrounds presenting proposals based on real-life experiences.
While acknowledging that certain aspects may be challenging to replicate directly in his own country, he believes there are valuable lessons to be learned from Guangdong's approach.