Some, like Chao Cuo and Dong Zhongshu, regularly petitioned the emperor with policies and proposals. During the reign of Zhao Di, in the year 81 BC, some 60 or so "people's representatives" from throughout the land were summoned to court, to participate with state officials in China's first ever economic policy convention.
除了賈誼、晁錯、董仲舒等時時上書獻策外，紀元前八十一年，漢昭帝更召集全國各地民間代表六十幾人至朝廷，與官員展開中國第一場經濟政策大辯論。