Who governs China? ?????

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Who governs China??????

• Perth High School Confucius Classroom
• Introductory Presentation 3

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Chinese Government

• For many centuries China was an empire, ruled by
  a succession of emperors.
• From 1911 it became a republic ruled by a party
  called the Kuomintang.
• Since 1949 it has been a socialist country,
  governed by the Communist Party.

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The Communist Revolution

• The Chinese Revolution was led by Mao Zedong
  (???)
• Under his control, the Communist Party took
  control of China on October 1st,1949.
• He and his associates established the state and
  party systems which exist today.

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Who Governs China?

• Since the Revolution, China has been a one-party
  state
• This does NOT imply that government is a simple
  or unchanging process
• The Communist Party of China (CPC) controls all
  layers of government
• The National Congress of the CPC meets every 5
  years to appoint all senior officials and set
  major policy.
• The 17th Congress took place in October 2007.

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Layers of Government

• Communist Party of China
• Central government
• Local government - province/city, county, etc
• Think-tanks, advisers
• Civil society business, Non-governmental
  organisations (NGOs)

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Central Government

• The primary organs of power in the Communist
  Party (CCP) include
• The Politburo Standing Committee (7-9 people)
• The Politburo (including the members of the
  Politburo Standing Committee) (22-26 people)
• Central Committee (204 people)
• The Secretariat (the main administrative
  mechanism of the CCP), headed by the General
  Secretary
• The Military Commission
• The Discipline Inspection Commission, (seeks to
  rooting out corruption and criminality among
  party cadres).
• State Structure

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Politburo Standing Committee
Hu Jintao Wu Bangguo Wen Jiabao Jia
Qinglin Li Changchun President
Chair, Peoples Premier Chair,
Peoples Propaganda
Congress Consultative
Conf. Chief
Xi Jinping Le Keqiang He Guoqiang Zhou
Yongkang Vice-President Executive
Chair, Central Head, Political
Vice-President Discipline
Commn Legislative Affairs Commn
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The Central Government

• Executive State Council
• Premier
• Vice-Premiers
• 22 Ministries
• Legislature National Peoples Congress

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The President

• President Hu Jintao is the 7th to hold office
  since the Revolution
• Born in 1942, he joined the Party in April 1964.
• Previously he was Vice-President to Jiang Zemin
• He is also General Secretary of the CPC
  (Communist Party of China)

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The National Peoples Congress
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Provincial City Governments
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Local Government in China

• There are 33 Provincial-level Governments
• 22 Provinces
• 5 Autonomous Regions"
• 4 Cities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin)
• 2 Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and
  Macao)

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Local Government in Chinathe layers of
responsibility
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The Party - State

• The Party controls China by
• Giving broad policy direction - the Party line
• Ministers/local officials are party members
• Making appointments promotions
• Maintaining media controls

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The Party - State (part 2)

• The Party-state dominates
• The centralised political system
• Policy making and it influences
• business
• think-tanks
• NGOs
• international organisations
• media