The For the entry on the naval ship U.S.S. Constitution, see: USS Constitution. An organizations constitution defines its form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules. To view particular constitutions, refer to the list of national constitutions. The term comes from Latin constitutio, which referred to any important law... Constitution of the Communist Party of China flag The Communist Party of China ( Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; pinyin: ) is the ruling party of the Peoples Republic of China. The party was founded in 1921, and fought the Kuomintang during the Chinese Civil... Communist Party of China (CPC) has 53 Articles and includes contents of General Program, Membership, Organization System, Central Organizations, Local Organizations, Primary Organizations, Party Cadres, Party Discipline, Party Organs for Discipline Inspection, Leading Party Members' Groups, Relationship Between the Party and the The Communist Youth League of China (中国共产主义青年团; abbr. 共青团) is an all-purpose school for Communist Party of China members. Except for its top-ranking officials, the leagues members, from fifteen to twenty-five years of age, are indoctrinated... Communist Youth League, Party Emblem and Flag.

The Party Constitution currently in force was adopted at the Twelfth This article is part of the series Politics of the PRC Constitution President National Peoples Congress    Standing Committee Premier State Council Peoples Liberation Army Central Military Commission Law of the PRC Supreme Peoples Court Political Parties CPPCC Communist Party of China    ... National Congress of the CPC in September 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Years: 1979 1980 1981 - 1982 - 1983 1984 1985 Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1982 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and... 1982. In accordance with the changing situation and tasks, revisions were made in some of the articles at the Thirteenth National Congress in November 1987 and in the General Program and some of the articles at the Fourteenth National Congress in October 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Years: 1989 1990 1991 - 1992 - 1993 1994 1995 Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1992 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music - Television Science and technology Aviation - Rail... 1992, and a few revisions were made in the General Program at the The delegates to the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China elected a 356-member new Party Central Committee, as well as a 121-member Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). The Party National Congress examined and adopted the amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of... Sixteenth National Congress of the CPC in 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2002. See also: Israeli-Palestinian conflict War on Terrorism U.S. plan to invade Iraq Stock market downturn of 2002 Corporate accounting scandals South American economic crisis... November 2002.

Although the party constitution sets legal limits on CPC activities, the party's role in areas of political, ideological, and organizational leadership is authoritative and unquestioned.

The organizational principle that drives the This article is on the politics of mainland China. See also: Politics of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Politics of Hong Kong and Politics of Macau. This article is part of the series Politics of the PRC Constitution President National Peoples Congress    Standing Committee Premier State... Chinese political system is Democratic centralism is a political concept referring to the governance of political parties and groups. The democratic aspect of this methodology describes the freedom of members of the political party to discuss and debate matters of policy and direction, but once the decision of the party is made by majority... democratic centralism. Within the system, the democratic feature demands participation and expression of opinion on key policy issues from members at all levels of party organization. It depends on a constant process of consultation and investigation. At the same time, the centralist feature requires that subordinate organizational levels follow the dictates of superior levels. Once the debate has reached the highest level and decisions concerning policy have been made, all party members are obliged to support the Central Committee.

In the party constitution, and in other major policy statements, the CPC diminished the role of centralism by abolishing the post of party chairman, by prohibiting any future Adolf Hitler built a strong cult of personality, based on the Führerprinzip. Cult of personality or personality cult is a derogatory term for what is perceived to be excessive adulation of a single living leader. The term was coined by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev soon after the death of... cult of personality, and by emphasizing the importance of collective leadership. The constitution emphasizes the party's role in promoting socialist democracy, in developing and strengthening a The Law of China, for most of the history of China, was rooted in the Confucian philosophy of social control. These influences remain in the Soviet-influenced system of the Peoples Republic of China and the German-based system of the Republic of China. Contents // 1 Imperial era 2... socialist legal system, and in consolidating public resolve to carry out the modernization program.

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• Text of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China as of November 14, 2002
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  • in Chinese (http://www.china.org.cn/chinese/2002/Nov/234227.htm)