Constitution of the People's Republic of China

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fundamental law national constitution

The Constitution of the People's Republic of China is the country's fundamental law that defines the structure of the state, the leadership role of the Communist Party, and the rights and duties of citizens.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Constitution of the People’s Republic of China 10
1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China 1
1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy National People's Congress ⓘ
affirmsLeadershipOf Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of China
amendedIn 1988 ⓘ
1993 ⓘ
1999 ⓘ
2004 ⓘ
2018 ⓘ
article Preamble ⓘ
capital Beijing ⓘ
containsChapter General Principles ⓘ
Fundamental Rights and Duties ⓘ
surface form: The Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens

The National Flag, the National Anthem, the National Emblem and the Capital ⓘ
The Structure of the State ⓘ
country China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
currentVersionAdoptedOn 1982-12-04 ⓘ
defines capital of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
duties of citizens ⓘ
national emblem of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
national flag of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
national symbols of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
powers of state organs ⓘ
rights of citizens ⓘ
state structure of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
definesLeadingIdeology Deng Xiaoping Theory ⓘ
Maoism ⓘ
surface form: Mao Zedong Thought

Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
Scientific Outlook on Development ⓘ
Three Represents ⓘ
surface form: Theory of Three Represents

Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era ⓘ
establishes Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
National People's Congress ⓘ
President of China ⓘ
surface form: President of the People's Republic of China

State Council of China ⓘ
surface form: State Council of the People's Republic of China

Supreme People's Court of China ⓘ
surface form: Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China

Supreme People's Procuratorate of China ⓘ
surface form: Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China

system of people's congresses ⓘ
firstAdoptedOn 1954-09-20 ⓘ
guaranteesRight freedom of assembly (subject to legal restrictions) ⓘ
freedom of association (subject to legal restrictions) ⓘ
freedom of religious belief ⓘ
freedom of speech (subject to legal restrictions) ⓘ
freedom of the press (subject to legal restrictions) ⓘ
imposesDuty observing the Constitution and the law ⓘ
paying taxes according to law ⓘ
performing military service according to law ⓘ
safeguarding the security, honor and interests of the motherland ⓘ
upholding national unity ⓘ
influencedBy Soviet constitutional model ⓘ
jurisdiction China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
language Chinese ⓘ
latestMajorRevision 2018 ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
legalSystemType socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics ⓘ
numberOfConstitutionsPreviouslyInForce 3 ⓘ
onlineTextAvailableAt http://www.npc.gov.cn ⓘ
politicalSystem socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship ⓘ
previousConstitution Constitution of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China

Constitution of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China

Constitution of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
requiresOathToUphold state functionaries ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fourth Circuit Court in Zhengzhou → appliesLaw → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
Nanshan District People’s Government → appliesStatutoryLaw → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
Organic Law of the People's Procuratorates of the People's Republic of China → basedOn → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
President of China → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
State Council of China → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
SPC → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China
SPP → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme People's Procuratorate of China
Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China → establishedBy → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Intermediate People's Courts → establishedBy → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
State Council of China → establishedBy → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Second Civil Division → governedBy → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era → includedIn → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Scientific Outlook on Development → incorporatedInto → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
Fourth Civil Division → legalAuthority → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourth Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court of China
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
President of the Supreme People's Court → legalAuthority → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Chairman of the Central Military Commission → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Ethnic Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Five-star red flag → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
High People's Courts → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Hubei Provincial People's Government → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Mayor of Shanghai → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
National People's Congress → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
NPC → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: National People's Congress
People's Liberation Army → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Premier of the State Council → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Shanghai Municipal People’s Government → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
Special People's Courts → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
State Councillor → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Supreme People's Court of China → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Supreme People's Procuratorate of China → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Vice Premiers → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
local people's procuratorates → legalBasis → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China → legalSystem → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
President of the Supreme People's Court → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1954) and subsequent constitutions
Deng Xiaoping Theory → officiallyIncorporatedInto → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress → operatesWithin → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitutional framework of the People's Republic of China
Constitution of the People's Republic of China → previousConstitution → Constitution of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Constitution of the People's Republic of China → previousConstitution → Constitution of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Constitution of the People's Republic of China → previousConstitution → Constitution of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China → relatedTo → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China → subjectTo → Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China