BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee made public its proposal on amendments to China's Constitution Sunday. The proposal, raised to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), was made in accordance with the new situation and...
The People's Republic of China enacted its first Constitution in 1954. In 1982, the fifth National People's Congress adopted the present Constitution, which underwent four amendments in 1988, 1993, 1999 and 2004."The Constitution has been improved together with the country's changing reality and...
The amendments were both necessary and in line with China's day-to-day reality, according to Jiao Hongchang, law professor at the China University of Political Science and Law. "They ensured the current Constitution has remained effective for decades," he said. The CPC has, through the people...
It noted that the current Constitution, adopted in 1982, has so far undergone four amendments in 1988, 1993, 1999 and 2004. Deng Xiaoping Theory was written into the Constitution in 1999 and the Theory of Three Represents in 2004. Sunday's document also proposed including the Scientific Outlook...