Politics and governmentThe People’s Republic of China 中华人民共和国（ PRC/China ） National Flag National Emblem National Anthem

The Chinese Communist Party--- 中国共产党The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China--- 中华人民共和国宪法

The GovernmentNational People’s Congress--- 全国人民代表大会The President of the People’s Republic of ChinaThe State Council/The Central People’s Government--- 国务院 / 中央人民政府

The Government

The Central Military Commission (CMC)---中央军委The People’s Courts--- 人民法院People’s Procuratorates--- 人民检察院The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)--- 中国人民政治协商会议

The People’s Republic of China

National Flag---A five star red flag

A red rectangle emblazoned with five stars

The big starFour small stars

National Emblem

Tian’anmen gateFive shining starsEars of grainA cogwheel

National Anthem--- “March of the Volunteers”

Arise, you who refuse to be slaves! With our flesh and blood, let us build our new

Great Wall! the Chinese nation faces its greatest danger, From each one the urgent call for action

comes forth: Arise! Arise! Arise! Millions with one heart, Braving the enemy's fire, March on! March on! March on! On!

National Flag, National Emblem and National Anthem have represented a country’s past and present. What are the connotations of Chinese National Flag, National Emblem and National Anthem?

What do you know about the song “March of the Volunteers”? Please check as much information as possible about its author as well as the composer of the song?

Questions

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee---Hu Jintao

the Political Bureau and its Standing Committee

Who's Who of CPC Leadership

The party in power---

Members of the Standing Committee of the Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Political Bureau of the 17th Central

Committee of the Communist Party of China:Committee of the Communist Party of China:

Hu JintaoHu JintaoWu BangguoWu BangguoWen JiabaoWen JiabaoJia QinglinJia Qinglin

Li ChangchunLi ChangchunXi JinpingXi JinpingLi KeqiangLi Keqiang

He GuoqiangHe GuoqiangZhou YongkangZhou Yongkang

The Constitution

The Constitution of 1954The Constitution of 1975The Constitution of 1978The Constitution of 1982(adopted at

the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People’s Congress)

National Flag,

Emblem

the Capital

Structure of the State

Fundamental Rights and

Duties of Citizens

General Principles

The Preamble

The Constitution

The Constitution---basic law of the country and the highest

legal authority

Nature of the State State Power The Compositive Form of the State Economic System Fundamental Rights of Citizens State Structure

Nature of State

The People’s Republic of China is

a socialist countrya socialist country under the people’s the people’s democratic dictatorshipdemocratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and farmers .

State Power

The real power resides in the people.

The Compositive Form of the State

a unified multi-national country

Regional National Autonomy

SAR

Economic System

the public ownership of means of production

Main form of

distribution---

“to each

according to

his work”

ownership by

whole people

and collective

ownership by the

working people

Fundamental Rights of Citizens The freedom of the person, the

personal dignity of citizens; The right to make complaints and

bring charges against state organs or functionaries for violation of the law or dereliction of duty to relevant state organs;

The protection of women, children, senior citizens, marriage and the family;

Letting the Chinese live with greater dignityLetting the Chinese live with greater dignityChinese citizens shall enjoy full

freedom and rights within the framework of the Constitution and the laws;

the ultimate purpose of a country’s development should be none other than

meeting the increasing material and cultural needs of the people;

and that social development should be based on the full development of individuals. （ 2010 ）

State Structure/apparatus

State organs

of China

NPCThe

Presi-dent

The State

Council

Central military Commi-

ssion

The People

’s Courts

People’s

procuratorates

The local people’s

congresses at different

levels

The local people’s government

at different levels

Questions As the basic law and the highest legal

authority of China, the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China is of great importance in providing the legal support for Chinese society; please explain in detail the significance of China’s Constitution.

In the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, the nature of the state, the state power, are emphasized at the very beginning, taking these factors into account, how should citizens perform their fundamental rights?

A. NPC & the local people’s congresses at different levels

Organs of state power The people’s congress system---

China’s fundamental political system or the system of government.

Permanent body---the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Deputies---elected by provinces, the autonomous regions, the municipalities directly under the central government, the armed forces, and SAR.

The highest organ of state The highest organ of state power; China’s top legislaturepower; China’s top legislature

Term of office---five years; meets in session once a year;

Functions and powers: legislation;decision;supervision;election; removal.

B. The President of P.R.C. China

Hu Jintao, general secretary of

the Communist Party of China (CPC)

Central Committee, was elected

president of the PRC on March 15,

2003. He was born in December 1942,in Jixi, Anhui Province.

Citizens of the PRC above 45years of age and have the right to vote and stand for election;

Term of office---five years; serve no more than two consecutive terms;

C. The State Council and the local people’s governments

the state administrative organs

the highest state administrative organ the executive body of the highest organ of

the state power

The Central People’s Government

Who’s who in

China’s Power

house

Premier: Wen JiabaoVice-Premiers: Li Keqiang

Hui LiangyuZhang Dejiang Wang Qishan

State Councilors: Liu YandongLiang Guanlie

Ma Kai Meng JianzhuDai Bingguo

Secretary-General: Ma Kai(concurrently)

Wen Jiabao is a member of

the Standing Committee of the

Political Bureau of the CPC

Central Committee and premier

of the State Council. He was born in Tianjin in September 1942.

Functions and powers:Submitting proposals to the National

People’s Congress or its Standing committee;

Approving the geographic division of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and approving the establishment and the geographic division of autonomous prefectures, autonomous counties, cities and counties;

a chairman (elected by the NPC)

vice chairmen

members

The highest state military organ

The state organs of justice/state

judicial organs ---The People’s Courts

The People’s

Courts

the Supreme People’s Court

local people’s courts

special people’s courts

the highest trial organ in the country, and exercises its right of trial independently.

The state legal supervisory organs/the state procuratorial organs--- The

People's ProcuratoratesSupreme People’s Procuratorate

local people’s procuratorates

special people’s procuratorates.

The People's Procuratorates

exercises supreme power of legal supervision;

and directs the work of the local people’s procuratorates at different levels and of the special people’s procuratorates.

Questions Chinese government has been endeavoring in

the anti-corruption campaign, but the corruption cases involving government officials have been cropping up from time to time, please try to analyze the very reasons?

Please state the functions and powers of National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature?

The Nature of the CPPCC

An organization of the patriotic united front of the Chinese people. It is an important organization of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC.

Major Functions of the CPPCC

to conduct political consultation;

to exercise democratic supervision;

to organize its members from various non-CPC political parties, mass organizations and public personages from all walks of life to take part in the discussion and management of state affairs.

Composition of the CPPCC National Committee local committees

Units the CPPCC Composed of The CPC Public personages without party affiliationDemocratic parties

The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang（ RCCK ）

The China Democratic League (CDL) The China Democratic National Construction Association

(CDNCA) The China Association for the Promotion of Democracy

(CAPD) The Chinese Peasants’ and Workers’ Democratic Party

(CPWDP) The China Zhi Gong Dang (CZGD) The Jiusan Society (JSS) The Taiwan Democratic Self-government League (TDSGL)

The CPC’s basic principle of cooperation between the CPC and

the democratic parties

Long-term coexistence,Long-term coexistence,

mutual supervision,mutual supervision,

treating each other with all sincerity, treating each other with all sincerity,

and sharing weal and woe.and sharing weal and woe.

Do you know this?Do you know this?

National People’s CongressNational People’s Congress

The State CouncilThe State Council

The People’s CourtsThe People’s Courts

The People’s ProcuratoratesThe People’s Procuratorates

The Central Military The Central Military

CommissionCommission

State organs for legal State organs for legal supervisionsupervision

The highest state The highest state administrative organ administrative organ

The state judicial authorityThe state judicial authority

The highest state military The highest state military organorgan

China’s top legislatureChina’s top legislature