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In 2013, 90 delegates were among the richest 1000 Chinese, each having a net worth of at least 1.8 billion yuan ($289.4 million). This richest 3% of delegates' average net worth was $1.1 billion (compared to an average net worth of $271 million for the richest 3% in the United States Congress at the time).
After the Chinese economic reform, China has been characterized by a high degree of political centralization but significant economic decentralization. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] : 7 The central government sets the strategic direction while local officials carry it out, [ 45 ] : 7 including developing the details of policy.
The system of people's congress (Chinese: 人民代表大会制度; pinyin: Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Zhìdù) under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the form of government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and is based on the principle of unified power, in which all state powers are vested in the National People's Congress (NPC).
Designed to symbolize the national unity and ethnic equality of the nation, the Great Hall embodied the new Chinese character of time in its features, proportion and details. [15] The building covers 171,801 square meters (1,849,250 sq ft) of floor space, it is 356 meters (1,168 ft) in length and 206.5 meters (677 ft) in width.
The Democracy Party of China (Chinese: 中国民主党) was founded by participants of the 1978 Democracy Wall movement and the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Founded in 1998, it was declared illegal that same year. [26] [27] The Union of Chinese Nationalists (Chinese: 中国泛蓝联盟) supports the ideals of the Pan-Blue Coalition in Taiwan.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dominates the Chinese political landscape. Constitutionally, the party's highest body is the Party Congress, which meets every five years. Meetings were irregular before the Cultural Revolution but have been periodic since then.
President-in-Parliament 5 Appointed by the House of Representatives N/A N/A House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati) Unicameral 5 Single transferable vote: 69 5,950 Marshall Islands: Legislature (Nitijeļā) Unicameral 4 Single and multi-member constituencies 33 2,060 Mauritania: Parliament (البرلمان, al-Barlamān / Parlement)
In accordance with the 76th interpretation of the 1947 Constitution by the Judicial Yuan in 1957, the NA formed part of a three-chamber tricameral parliament together with the Legislative and Control Yuans [2] and was the senior most chamber of parliament, with the latter two performing regular legislative work in the absence of the Assembly ...