Explain the CCP's political structure and system of local administration - Centralised state, military and media -theoretically

the party's highest body is the National Congress of the Communist Part of China. they meet once every 5 years and the primary organs of the part are: - The central committee which has: - General Secretary (highest ranking official within the party and is the paramount leader of China. Mao and now HuJintao) - Politburo (consists of 24 members and menders in the standing committee - Politburo Standing Committee (consists of 9 members) - The Secretariat (admin) - The Central Military Commission - The central discipline inspection commission under the NC but the same level as the CC. they root out corruption among party cadres During the implementation of the First Five Year Plan, Mao introduced the new Chinese constitution in 1954, which: Centralized state control Replaced the 1949 Organic Law State was to be overseen by the National Peoples Congress (NPC) o Elected every 4 years o Top of the pyramidal system o Mao was to be Chairman of the NPC o Mao was supported by Vice Chairman Zhu De, who replaced the 6 chairman under the Organic Law o A central committee controlled the executive power chaired by Mao and with five chairmen o A politburo existed which had a standing committee of 7 men (Mao, Zhou, Deng, Zhu, Liu, Lin Biao, Chen Yun) o Democratic centralism was the basis of the government and Mao was clearly the undisputed leader o China as Chairman of NPC, CC and Politburo. Local Administration China has 34 provincial-level governments; 31 over 300 prefecturelevel governments; nearly 3,000 county-level governments; and over 40,000 township-level governments Chinas constitution doesnt provide division of power among the tiers of government. In practice, each tier of government exercises varying degrees of autonomy

The relationship between the Party leader and the local party leader plays a major role to the effectiveness of the local government: Provincial level almost two separate people County level- one person serves both roles

Central government would appoint provincial leaders (not from the province, rotated with regularity in order to reduce the risk of corruption, and to promote provincial leaders who are considered successful. County officials)

Ministries have less direct control over the actions of lower tiers of government Rely on local authorities to implement national laws Lack of personnel local officials frequently are responsible for carrying out the policies of the Party, Local government corruption Local government officials are: 1. From the region 2. Infrequently rotated 3. On occasion serve as both party and government leader Big potential of abusing power! Corruption takes many forms: Lack of enforcement of laws and regulations Cases where officials have treated the local community like their own private sphere of control