Basic Structure of the Central Government

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Basic Structure of the Central Government

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Outline

• Basic Structure of Central Government in
• UK
• Brief introduction of Chinese Government
• Comparison between two governments

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Basic Structure of Central Government in UK
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Monarch

• Historically exercise more political power
• Nowadays Formal head of State and Commonwealth
  
• Symbol of national unity
• perform ceremonial functions
• guarantee the law and constitution

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Legislature---Parliament

• House of Lords hereditary peers or peeresses,
  senior judges, church figures and life peers
  (695Lords)
• House of commons members of parliament (659)
• Three functions
• to examine proposals for new laws
• to observe government policy and administration
• to debate the major issues of the day

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Executive

• Prime Minister
• presides over the Cabinet, allocates functions
  among ministers
• Informs the Queen of the general business of the
  Government
• Recommends a number of appointments to the Queen
• Cabinet chosen by Prime Minister
• support the Governments
  delivery
• reform programme
• Civil Service offer advice,
• implement the
  policies

Tony Blair
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Judiciary

• Headed by Lord Chancellor
• Interpret laws in practice

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Basic Structure of Government in China
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Similarities

• Unitary System of Government
• Mainly divide into three parts
• Britain
  China
• Legislature Parliament NPCSC
• Executive Cabinet State
  Council
• Judiciary House of Lord SPC

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Differences

• China
• Elected by NPC
• Political
• Five year-term
• Multi-party cooperation
• Supreme Peoples Court Supreme Peoples
  Procuracy

• Britain
• Hereditary Monarch
• Non-Political
• two-party system
• House of Lords

Head of the State Leading Party Judiciary
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Thank You for Attention!

• Reference
• http//www.china.org.cn
• http//www.parliament.uk
• CECL