Xìnfǎng zhìdù shì qúnzhòng biǎodá sùqiú de qúdào zhī yī.
The petitioning system is one of the channels through which the public expresses grievances.
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信访 is short for 来信来访 'letters and visits' — an administrative complaint system. Persistent petitioners who travel to Beijing are known as 上访者, a category the government simultaneously accommodates and polices.