1. Fill in the country chart (not the revolutions side)
Group activity – around the room, spread out
Group with the most correct answers after 7 minutes will win their favorite candy for Monday’s class
Can only use your group and your brain – no computer or notes

2. A little bit of everything and some comparisons
China Review
A little bit of everything and some comparisons

3. Objective
What is the structure of China’s government? What key concepts about China should I know for the AP exam?

4. Functioning communist system
Why we Study China
Functioning communist system
Socialist market economy – privatization, free trade, etc.
One-party system

5. Key Concepts – the Basics
Large population, fairly homogeneous
One-child policy
Maintains Communist Party rule
Since 1949 when Mao took power
Once ruled by dynasties – evolution of state changed quickly
Qin dynasty: successful bureaucracy
Imperial system before British imperial system
Sino-Japanese War
Sun Yat-sen
Turn to Marxism  appealed to the oppressed

6. Key Concepts – Communist Rule
Mao Zedong
“Great Leap Forward”  plans for agriculture and industrial production; collective farms and large factory work; disastrous
Cultural Revolution  rid country of traditional ways, curb Western influence, reaffirm communist ideas
“Gang of Four”

7. Key Concepts – Communist Rule
Deng Xiaoping economic reforms
“Reform and Opening Up”
“reform” – allowing market forces to play a greater role
“opening up” – increasing China’s engagement with global economy through trade
Special economic zones (SEZs): contained areas with free trade
Township and village enterprises (TVEs): farmland contracted by villages that own the land
Dismantling of iron rice bowl and guanxi

8. Key concepts – China Today
Communist Party still rules
Country functions more like a market economy
Socialist market economy
Limited political reforms
Elections at the village level
Government-sponsored hotlines for complaints
Relaxed one-child policy
Capitalists can join CCP
Judges require legal training

9. National Party Congress
Standing Committee
Politburo
General Secretary

10. Chinese Communist Party
Founded in 1921
Democratic centralism
Political decisions reached by party through its democratically elected bodies
Article 3 of the Constitution
General Secretary: Xi Jinping
Selected internally
Serves as head of state

11. Chinese Communist Party
National Party Congress
More than 2000 delegates chosen from lower congresses
Meets every 5 years
Central Committee
Maintains power of People’s Congress between sessions
Politburo
Political elites that oversee policy
Standing Committee – most powerful organization, day-to-day operations
National People’s Congress: votes on directives of the politburo

12. Legislative Unicameral National People’s Congress NOTE: IN PRACTICE
“Rubberstamp” legislature
2,987 seats, set accordance to law
Indirectly elected by municipal, regional, and provincial congresses and People’s Liberation Army
5 year terms
Meets annually for 2 week periods
NOTE: IN PRACTICE
Only members of the Chinese Communist Party, its allied parties, and CCP- approved independent candidates are elected

14. Executive Branch Chief of State: President Xi Jinping
Indirectly elected by National People’s Congress for a 5 year term
Unlimited amount of terms
Responsible for foreign affairs and establishes general policy/direction for the state
Head of Government: Premier Li Keqiang
Nominated by the president
Confirmed by the National People’s Congress
Heads state council, organizes bureaucracy, heads national defense
Cabinet: State Council
Appointed by National People’s Congress

16. Highest court: Supreme People’s Court
Judicial Branch
Highest court: Supreme People’s Court
340 judges including chief justice
Chief justice appointed by People’s National Congress
Zhou Qiang
2 consecutive 5 year terms
Other justices/judges nominated by chief justice and appointed by the Standing Committee of the NPC
Legal death penalty