Chinese Government

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Chinese Government
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Formal Org Structure

• PRC is a Party-state
• Party Organization
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• Formal Party Organization
• Smaller the body, bigger the power it has
• Party Congress
• Some 2000 delegates
• Meeting every five years
• Mostly endorsing party Central Committee
  decisions

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Formal Org Structure

• Party Organization
• Party Congress
• Central Committee
• Several hundred members
• High-ranking officials of Center localities
• Meeting once a year
• Deliberating and endorsing policies made by the
  top leaders
• Politburo
• One to two hundred members
• High-ranking officials

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Formal Org Structure

• Party Organization
• Party Congress
• Central Committee
• Politburo
• Some 20 to 30 members
• Very high-ranking officials
• Important policy-making body
• Frequent meetings
• Politburo Standing Committee
• 4 to 10 members
• CCP head deputies
• Weekly meetings when necessary
• Where all major policies are made

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Formal Org Structure

• PRC is a Party-state
• State Structure
• National Peoples Congress
• Legislative equivalent of Party Congress
• Annual plenary session
• About 3,000 delegates elected every 4 years
• Delegates are not full time members
• Election not competitive open
• Permanent committees
• Law-making in accordance with Party decisions
• Rubber-stamping Party policies
• Not yet an independent arm of state

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Formal Org Structure

• PRC is a Party-state
• State Structure
• State Council (Central Peoples Government)
• In theory chosen by NPC
• Chinas cabinet headed by Prime Minister
• Consisting of deputy prime ministers, heads of
  ministries
• Executive arm of the Chinese state

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Formal Org Structure

• PRC is a Party-state
• Party Control of Government
• Who are the government leaders?
• President gtParty General Secretary)
• Vice President gtmember of Politburo Standing
  Committee (PSC)
• Speaker of Congress gt member of PSC
• Prime Minister gtmember of PSC
• Foreign MinistergtPolitburo member
• GovernorsgtPolitburo or Central Committee members

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Formal Org Structure

• PRC is a Party-state
• Party Control of Government
• Party Control of Armed Forces
• Who are the top military leaders?
• Chairman gt President/Party Gen Secretary
• Defense MinistergtCentral Committee member

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Formal Org Structure

• PRC is a Party-state
• Provincial Government Structure
• Provincial Party Organization
• Provincial Party Congress
• Provincial Party Committee
• Provincial Party Standing Committee
• Provincial Party Secretary
• Provincial State Organization
• Provincial Peoples Congress
• Provincial Peoples Government
• Governor, deputy governors