Class 2:State Structure
Basic Facts about China
• Population
– China 1.4 billion
– U.S. 290 million
– EU 450 million
• Size: Which country is bigger, China or the U.S.?
– CIA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html U.S. is
bigger!
– China.org http://www.china.org.cn/e-changshi/index.htm China is bigger!
• Nationalities: minorities 56; majority 1 (Han)
• Provincial governments
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4 large cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing
23 provinces
5 autonomous regions
2 special administrative regions (SAR): Hong Kong and Macau
Taiwan
• Neighboring States
US-China Trade Statistics and China's World Trade Statistics
http://www.uschina.org/statistics/tradetable.html
Trade in Goods (Imports, Exports and Trade Balance) with
China
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html
US Government Structure
Central Government
CCP in perspective
Mr. Hu, Secretary General
Central Politburo (Standing Committee)
Central Committee
National Party Congress
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
NPC and its Standing Committee
Other Institutions
Who is the Chief?
Party Chief
Military Chief
President of the PRC
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
-- Mao
The 10th NPC that elected the New Central
Government, March 2003
Relationships of the Central and
Local Governments
Principle: Democratic Centralism
– The individual is subordinate to the group;
– The Minority is subordinate to the majority;
– The Lower is subordinate to the higher level;
– The Local is subordinate to the central.
Any problem with this principle?