信访

信訪
xìnfǎng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 letters-and-visits petitioning (complaints or suggestions to authorities)
  2. 2 petitioning system (PRC)

Examples

Tā duō cì dào xìnfǎng bàn fǎnyìng qíngkuàng.
He went to the petition office multiple times to report the situation.
Xìnfǎng zhìdù shì qúnzhòng biǎodá sùqiú de qúdào zhī yī.
The petitioning system is one of the channels through which the public expresses grievances.

Tips

culture
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 访, a category the government simultaneously accommodates and polices.

Stroke Order

xìn
访 fǎng