Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party
Front cover of the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese中国共产党章程
Traditional Chinese中國共産黨章程

The Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party has 55 articles and its contents describe the program of the party, as well as its organizational structure and party symbolism.

History

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) constitution adopted during April 1969 at the 9th National Congress named Lin Biao as Mao Zedong's "close comrade in arms and successor".[1]: 142 

The constitution currently in force was adopted at the 12th National Congress of the CCP in September 1982. In accordance with the changing situation and tasks, revisions were made in some of the articles at the 13th National Congress in November 1987 and in the General Program and some of the articles at the 14th National Congress in October 1992, and a few revisions were made in the General Program at the 16th National Congress of the CCP in November 2002.

The 1992 revision of the constitution noted the importance of policy experimentation, incorporating language that the CCP "must boldly experiment with new methods, ... review new experience and solve new problems, and enrich and develop Marxism in practice."[2]: 65 

In March 2004, The "Three Represents" were written into the constitution.[3] New changes and additions were made at CCP's 19th National Congress in October 2017[4] and at its 20th National Congress in October 2022.[5]

In 2012, the concept of ecological civilization building was added to the constitution.[6]: 1 

Contents

The constitution emphasizes the party's role in promoting socialist democracy, in developing and strengthening a socialist legal system, and in consolidating public resolve to carry out the modernization program.[4]

The constitution states that the interests of the people and the party are paramount over the interests of party members.[7]: 112  The constitution states that in emergencies and urgent situations, members are encouraged to contribute to special funds (as in the case of the special fund for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake).[7]: 111–112 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hammond, Ken (2023). China's Revolution and the Quest for a Socialist Future. New York, NY: 1804 Books. ISBN 9781736850084.
  2. ↑ Heilmann, Sebastian (2018). Red Swan: How Unorthodox Policy-Making Facilitated China's Rise. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv2n7q6b. ISBN 978-962-996-827-4. JSTOR j.ctv2n7q6b. S2CID 158420253.
  3. ↑ Huang, Yibing (2020). An ideological history of the Communist Party of China. Vol. 3. Qian Zheng, Guoyou Wu, Xuemei Ding, Li Sun, Shelly Bryant. Montreal, Quebec. pp. 474–475. ISBN 978-1-4878-0425-1. OCLC 1165409653.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 1 2 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. China: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. July 1987.
  5. ↑ "China's Communist Party amends constitution, cementing Xi's status as 'core' of the party". Reuters. October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ Rodenbiker, Jesse (2023). Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. Environments of East Asia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-6900-9.
  7. 1 2 Marquis, Christopher; Qiao, Kunyuan (2022). Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise. Kunyuan Qiao. New Haven: Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k. ISBN 978-0-300-26883-6. JSTOR j.ctv3006z6k. OCLC 1348572572. S2CID 253067190.
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