Government of China

administrative bodies of China

The Government of the People's Republic of China is an authoritarian one-party political system in the People's Republic of China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1][2] It consists of legislative, executive, military and supervisory branches. The head of government is premier, while the de facto top leader of government is CCP general secretary.[3]

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  1. Minzner, Carl. "Countries at the Crossroads 2011: China" (PDF). Freedom House. Freedom House. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. Wang, Peijie (2015). "State structure and organs of state power". China's governance: Across vertical and horizontal connexions. SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp. 3–12. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45913-4_1. ISBN 9783319459127.
  3. Natalie Liu (7 October 2022). "View China's Xi as Party Leader, Not President, Scholars Say". Voice of America. Retrieved 7 October 2022. But Clarke and other scholars make the point that Xi's real power lies not in his post as president but in his position as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.