Political system (developing)

BS Political Science 4th semester

Department of Political Science and International Relations

GCWUF
Tayba Anwar
The Communist Party Of China
Content

 Organization of the party

 National party congress
 Central Committee
 Politburo
 Local party 0rganisation
 Minor Parties
 Role of the Communist Party
 As Architect and Defender of Revolution
 Party as Governor
 Structural Changing (12-19 October 1992)
 1-) Communist Party Of China
Communist Party
communist party is the ultimate political authority and the source of all decision –making on the china today .
China is a country of 50,00,00,000 slaves ruled by a single God and 9 Million puritans .the communist which
emerged in 1921 had a very horrible beginning. By the end of World War, over one million Chinese had embraced
its membership. In 1961, its membership rose up to over 17 million .

Nationalist Party
Nationalist Party, also called Kuomintang, Wade-Giles romanization Kuo-min Tang (KMT;
“National People’s Party”), political party  that governed all or part of mainland China  from
1928 to 1949 and subsequently ruled Taiwan under Chiang Kai-shek and his successors for
most of the time since then
 Organization of the Party
National Party congress
The National Congress is theoretically the highest body within the Communist Party of China. Since 1987

the National Congress has been held in the months of October or November. The venue for the event, beginning

in 1956, is the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

oIt is Elected by Local Party System

oNational congress tenure is for 5 years

FUNCTION

 To determine the party’s policy

oTo revise the Party constitution
oTo elect the central committee
Central Committee

The NPC which means infrequently elect of central committee. The central committee sets up a no of central organ.

 tThe Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the

Communist Party of China (CPC). It is currently composed of 205 full members and 171 alternate members . The

role of the Central Committee has varied hroughout history.

 Politburo:

The Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, usually known as

the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Communist Party of

China. Historically it has been composed of five to eleven members, and currently has seven members

o It is Elected by the central committee.

o it is Responsible for convening the biennial meetings.

Local Party Organization
o The party organization consists of provinces, autonomous regions and the large
municipalities which are directly under the central Government.
o The number of members in each cell is generally twenty.
o These cells carry out the decisions of higher party organs and execute propaganda and
organization work in their respective units.
o In 1969, Constitution also assign them a prime task of “guiding and leading the party
members and the broad revolutionary masses in studying and applying Marxism-
Leninism-Mao-Tse-tung thought in a living way”
 Minor Party
o In 1962, there ere eight Minor Parties.
o In May Day message (1950) these Minor Parties declared “We the Democratic

parties of China are united under the leadership of Communist party.

o It is one party totalitarian dictatorship.
o China is a country of many political parties. Apart from the CPC, which is in

power, China has eight non-Communist parties. Since their founding the latter

have established cooperative relations with the CPC to different extents

 Role of the Communist Party
o Communist Party of china plays a pivotal role the country.
o All other organizations dance to its tone and toe the line laid down by it.
o It is the guiding force behind all major policies to be adopted by the state and society in china.
o At the higher level of the country’s major institution ,the party, government and the military, the
leader of these organizations form a series of interlocking directorates to ensure that policies will
be carried out”. lower level party organ participates in the election of its higher level
organ. ‘Centralism’, however, also stands incorporated by the adoption of the principle
that all obey the decisions of the Communist Party, and each lower organ carries out
the commands of its higher organ. The party is a disciplined party and each person
obeys the decisions of the party even over and above the decisions of the state.
 As Architect and Defenders of Revolution

o By 1945, the party succeeded in establishing twenty seven liberated areas.

o Communist Party bore fruit and People Republic of china was bore on
October 1,1949.
o The new Constitution was formed in 1954 to fulfill social listic aspiration.
o The party defender of Revolutions raw under collective leadership.
 Party as Governor
o The party issues specific directives to the state as to the
nature and orientation of the work.
o The party carries out its policies through the State and its
apparatus.
o The party select and promotes loyal and competent Party as
well as non-party leaders to work in the organ of the State.
Structural Changes ( 12-19 October 1992)

o Social market economy

o Deng Appeals
o Struggle for Succession to Deng
o Post Deng Era
 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) carries out the dictatorship on their behalf.
Although, as per the constitution, the CPC is the only party that can rule china.

What CPC Does?

 The General Secretary is also the President of the country and the leader of the Central Military Commission.
 The CPC controls the entire political system.
 The CPC controls the government, the courts and the army. The party grew quickly, and by 1949 it had driven the

Kuomintang (KMT)'s nationalist government from mainland China after the Chinese Civil War, leading to the establishment

of the People's Republic of China. It also controls the world's largest armed forces, the People's Liberation Army.
Joining CPC

1. Young pioneers of China

2. Communist Youth League of China

3. Post of the CYL, it’s time to join the CPC

References

 https://
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 http://oureducare.com/political-science/what-is-the-salient-
features-of-china-constitution
/

 https://china.usc.edu/1978-constitution-peoples-republic-c
hina