Common Program: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:50, 20 August 2023

Revision as of 14:50, 20 August 2023

Line 5:

== Key provisions ==

The Common Program defined China as a [[New Democracy|new democratic]] country which would practice a [[people's democratic dictatorship]] led by the [[proletariat]] and based on an alliance of workers and peasants which would unite all of China's democratic classes (defined as those opposedopposing imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism and favoring an independent China).<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=25}}

The Common Program described [[System of people's congress|people's congresses]] as the primary organs through which the people would exercise state power.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=26}} It stated that the [[National People's Congress]] was the highest body of state power.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=26}} According to the Common Program, all state organs should practice [[democratic centralism]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=26}}