CHINESE Political institutions
The Essentials
THE STATE
The STATE is actually the
least important or weakest
of the 3 institutions.
Examples of the State
would be the “President”
or the “Premier”.
PROOF: Deng Xiaoping
was the unquestioned
leader of China even
though he had no high
level position in the State.
I’VE GOT A QUESTION?
Can People in CHINA vote? Is there Chinese Democracy???
The men who RULE China…
Reality Check
On PAPER the Chinese
Constitution calls for the
National People’s
Congress to elect the
Chinese President.
In 2013 Xi Jinping got 2952
of 2987 votes. (5 year
term)
In REALITY the President
was chosen by a much
smaller group like the
Standing Committee
CCP
Chinese Communist Party is the
largest political party in the world
with about 80 million members.
Membership has its REWARDS!!!
Democratic centralism & The Mass
Line.
Guanxi – Nomeklatura system
specific to China.
The BIG man of the CCP
The General Secretary is the head
of the Chinese Communist Party.
This is an extremely important and
powerful post in Chinese society.
Mao was the defacto head of the
CCP during most of his reign as
leader of China.
The current General Secretary of
the CCP is none other than…Xi
Jinping!
Guanxi
PLA
PLA – People’s Liberation
Army.
The head of the PLA is the
Central Military
Commission Chairman.
The PLA has been an
“active” participant in
Communist China’s
political systems from the
revolution, Tiananmen
Square, to the present.
TRIFECTA
Xi Jinping is…
President of China
General Secretary of the
CCP
Chairman of the CMC