POL SCI 159B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Zhao Ziyang, Wen Jiabao, Jiang Zemin
29 Sep 2016
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Department
Course
Professor
Lecture 1
PS 159
• Chinese political hierarchy
o General secretary -> PSC (premier state council) (7)-> PB (25) -> CC
(205)-> PC (2270)
• Supreme leader
o Mao Zedong
o Deng Xiaoping (last one)
• General Secretary (Highest Office in party)
o Hu Yarbang
o Zhao Ziyang 87-89
o Jiang Zemin 89-02
o Hu Jintao 2002-2012
o Xi Jinping 2012
• Premier (State Council)
o Zhao Ziyang
o Li Peng 87-98
o Zhu Ronji 98-02
o Wen Jiabao 02
o Li Keqiang 2012
• National People’s Congress NPC
o Legislature
▪ Oversees the presidency, the supreme court, the military, and
the public prosecutors’ office
▪ Oversees the state councils which is more local governments
▪ Shape legislation
• State Council
o Ministries/Commissions (same rank as provincial government)
o Bureaus
• PLA (Military)
o Party appoints military appointments
▪ Coercive Apparatus
o Armed Police force
▪ Paramilitary force
• Provinces
o Governors of territories
o Party Appointed
▪ Allowed to control and experiment with provinces economy
o Under provinces are protectors
o Counties
o Townships
• Constitutions
o State constitution
▪ Individual right’s
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