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  Constitution of Communist Party of China
China is at the primary stage of socialism and will remain so for a long period of time.
Article 28 A prefectural Party committee, or an organization analogous to it, is the representative organ dispatched by a provincial or an autonomous regional Party committee to a prefecture covering several counties, autonomous counties or cities.
The commissions for discipline inspection at all levels shall report to the Party committees at the corresponding levels on the results of their handling of cases of special importance or complexity, as well as on the problems encountered.
www.fas.org /irp/world/china/docs/const.html   (10779 words)

  
  CHINA - LoveToKnow Article on CHINA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Besides the broad division of the country into western and eastern China it may also be considered as divided into three regions by the basins of its chief rivers, the Hwang-ho (Yellow river) in the north, the Yangtsze-kiang in the centre, and the Si-kiang (West river) in the south.
The Yangtsze-kiang is the chief waterway of China.
In the north of China wheat, barley, millet, buckwheat and maize are the staple crops.
50.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHINA.htm   (21852 words)

  
 Constitution of the People's Republic of China - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
China consistently opposes imperialism, hegemonism and colonialism, works to strengthen unity with people of other countries, supports the oppressed nations and the developing countries in their just struggle to win and preserve national independence and develop national economies, and strives to safeguard world peace and promote the cause of human progress.
The divisions of functions and powers between the central and local state organs is guided by the principle of giving full scope to the initiative and enthusiasm of the local authorities under the unified leadership of the central authorities.
The chairman of an autonomous region, the prefect of an autonomous prefecture or the head of an autonomous county shall be a citizen of the nationality exercising regional autonomy in the area concerned.
www.usconstitution.net /china.html   (9924 words)

  
 Bambooweb: China
China is the world's oldest continuous civilization, with a history characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war, and violent dynastic change.
China was one of the earliest centers of human civilization, and became a large united country with an advanced culture at a very early stage, outpacing most of the world in areas such as art and science.
China proper is traditionally thought of as further comprising North China (北方) and South China (南方), though the boundary between north and south has never been clear.
www.bambooweb.com /articles/c/h/China.html   (1725 words)

  
 Prefecture-level city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
A prefecture-level city (地级市; Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally "region-level city") is an administrative division of China that is governed directly by provincess of the People's Republic of China.
Of the 22 provinces and 5 autonomous regions of Mainland China, only 3 provinces (Yunnan, Guizhou, Qinghai) and 2 autonomous regions (Xinjiang, Tibet) have more than three prefecture-level divisions that are not prefecture-level cities.
This is because the prefectures that prefecture-level cities have replaced are themselves large administrative units containing cities, towns, and farmland.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/p/pr/prefecture_level_city_1.html   (346 words)

  
 Orange County Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
On Mainland China under the People's Republic of China, counties are the Political division of China#County levelthird level of local government, coming under both the Political division of China#Province levelprovince level and the Political division of China#Prefecture levelprefecture level.
The county remains one of the oldest levels of government in China and significantly predates the establishment of provinces in the Ming dynasty.
At the county level there is a County Administrative Boards of Swedencounty administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected County Councils of Swedencounty council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation.
www.echostatic.com /Orange_County.html   (2288 words)

  
 Selected Legal Provisions of the People's Republic of China Affecting Criminal Justice
The division of functions and powers between the central and local state organs is guided by the principle of giving full play to the initiative and enthusiasm of the local authorities under the unified leadership of the central authorities.
Local auditing bodies at different levels independently exercise their power to supervise through auditing in accordance with the law and are responsible to the people's government at the corresponding level and to the auditing body at the next higher level.
The administrative head of an autonomous region, prefecture or county shall be a citizen of the nationality, or of one of the nationalities, exercising regional autonomy in the area concerned.
www.cecc.gov /pages/newLaws/constitutionENG.php   (10481 words)

  
 Urbanization in Post reform China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
China is one of the origins of the earliest urban civilizations in the world but her
The urban population in China increased from 66.32 million in 1951 to 172 million in 1978 and the share of urban population in total population increased only from 11.78% to 17.92% in the period.
The duality of urban and rural China was strengthened in the pre-reform
www.tradingplaces.org /2001/UrbanizationinpostreformCH.html   (1777 words)

  
 Local Government in Asia and the Pacific - China
China is accelerating its industrialization and non-agricultural activities have dominated the economy in most of the coastal developed areas.
China is a socialist country led by the working class and a people's democratic dictatorship based on the alliance of workers and peasants.
The Supervisory Department of China and the supervisory organs are important components of the management system and mainly supervise the different state organs and their personnel to overcome bureaucracy, correct unhealthy tendencies and serve the people wholeheartedly.
www.unescap.org /huset/lgstudy/country/china/china.html   (5483 words)

  
 Hunan Summary
Located in south central China, Hunan Province covers an area of 209,773 square kilometers and is bordered by Hubei Province to the north, Guangdong and Guanxi Provinces to the south, Kiangsi Province to the east, and Sichuan Province to the west.
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州 Xiāngxī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu)
The 14 prefecture-level divisions of Hunan are subdivided into 122 county-level divisions (34 districts, 16 county-level cities, 65 counties, 7 autonomous counties).
www.bookrags.com /Hunan   (1425 words)

  
 Anhui   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
During the division of China between the Jin Dynasty in the north and the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, Anhui was once again bisected, this time along the Huai He River.
Due to a short stint as the capital of China by the city of Nanjing in nearby Jiangsu province, the entirety of Jiangsu and Anhui kept their special status as territory-governed directly by the central government, and were called Nanzhili (南直隸 "Southern directly-governed").
The 17 prefecture-level divisions of Anhui are subdivided into 105 county-level divisions (44 districts, 5 county-level cities, and 56 counties).
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Anhui.htm   (1556 words)

  
 Sumu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Sumu (Chinese: 苏木; pinyin: sūmù) is a township-level political/administrative divion of China.
The sumu division is equivalent to a township but is unique to Inner Mongolia.
Sumu whose population is predominated by ethnic minorities are designated ethnic sumu--parallel with the ethnic township in the rest of China.
www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sumu   (151 words)

  
 Political Divisions of China : Province and Cities - China History Forum, chinese history forum
China History Forum is an online chinese history forum, discussion board or community for all who are interested in learning and discussing chinese history from prehistoric till modern times, including chinese art of war, chinese culture topics.
The Qin Dynasty was determined not to allow China to fall back into disunity, and therefore designed the first hierarchical administrative divisions in China, based on two levels: jùn commanderies and xiàn counties (xian is usually translated as "districts" or "prefectures" in Sinologist literature, but here we will use "county", the contemporary term).
The ultimate goal is to reduce the different administration levels from five to three, (Provincial, County, Village) reducing the amount of corruption that goes on in between and reducing the number of government workers to reduce budget.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=7941   (3199 words)

  
 Selected Legal Provisions of the People's Republic of China Affecting Legislative Reform
The specific number of deputies to the people's congress at the township level shall be determined by the Standing Committee of the people's congress at the county level according to this Law and reported to the standing committee of the people's congress at the next higher level for the record.
The standing committee of the people's congress at the county level shall print and distribute the demand for the recall of a deputy and the written defence of the deputy proposed to be recalled to the voters in the electoral district from which he was elected.
Article 47 The recall of a deputy to the people's congress at the county or township level shall be adopted by a majority vote of all the voters in the electoral district from which the deputy was elected.
www.cecc.gov /pages/newLaws/electoralLawENG.php   (3853 words)

  
 SD : People : Asia's women in agriculture, environment and rural production : CHINA
China's population at the end of 1996 was estimated at 1.22 billion with 27.7% below 15 years of age (1990 census).
China is one of the earliest and most important cradles of plant cultivation the world.
The expansion of rural agricultural and agro-industrial activities in China dramatically reduced the incidence of poverty in 1978-85 from 33% to 9%.
www.fao.org /sd/WPdirect/WPre0107.htm   (2920 words)

  
 China varies development modes for different regions
China has also suffered frequent river pollution accidents, sand storms and other environmental disasters in the past few years.
China's new five-year plan requires restricting or banning industries which are harmful to the environment in the protected areas.
He said one of his major tasks in the coming five years is to remove 6,800 households of herdsmen out of the grassland before 2010, in addition to development of public service facilities and make efforts to better protect and improve the local environment.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2006-03/11/content_532884_2.htm   (606 words)

  
 Deforestation and Desiccation in China
Of 356 storms observed in the eastern half of northwestern China, 166 came from the Bay of Bengal, 87 from the South China Sea, 19 from the Yellow Sea, and 83 from the East and Yellow Seas.
Population densities of the provinces in China are substituted in the regression equation and the built-up area is derived.
China has a total land area of 960.272 Mha, of which 27.8 percent, or 267.429 Mha are defined as "land suitable for forestry." Of the land suitable for forestry, only 46.6 percent, or 124.653 Mha, is actually forested.
www.library.utoronto.ca /pcs/state/chinaeco/forest.htm   (8102 words)

  
 cars - Hubei
Hubei, which is in southern China, remained under southern rule for this entire period, until the reunification of China by the Sui Dynasty in 589.
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州 Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu)
The 13 prefecture-level divisions and 4 directly administered county-level divisions of Hubei are subdivided into 102 county-level divisions (38 districts, 24 county-level cities, 37 counties, 2 autonomous counties, 1 forestry area; the directly administered county-level divisions are included here).
www.carluvers.com /cars/Hubei   (1517 words)

  
 Country Profile - China
Local governments at different levels in China, as well as social groups have conducted a number of training courses and have made tremendous efforts to disseminate the concept of sustainable development by launching extensive publicity campaigns using the television, radio broadcasting, newspapers, and magazines, thus enhancing the whole nation's awareness of sustainable development.
China encourages the establishment of an international trade regime that is fair, stable, non-discriminatory, predictable and takes into account the interests of developing nations.
In this connection, China needs financial and technological support from the international community, especially from the developed countries, to better address desertification and achieve sustainable development in ecologically fragile areas so as to make her contribution to the global effort at combating desertification and protecting the ecological environment.
www.un.org /esa/earthsummit/china-cp.htm   (14273 words)

  
 China (Includes Hong Kong and Macau)
Several leaders of the unregistered South China Church were arrested in July and subsequently sentenced to death; some of those sentences were suspended and some were appealed.
The SPC released statistics showing that judicial entities at all levels throughout the country acquitted 6,617 defendants in 2000 due either to lack of evidence or by concluding the charges filed did not constitute a crime (up from 5,878 persons in 1999).
A division chief at the Beijing High People's Court indicated in a December 2000 press interview that the Supreme People's Court might be pressed to issue judicial explanations of constitutional press safeguards to local law enforcement officials as a means to expand press freedoms and protect journalists.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8289.htm   (19102 words)

  
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China has reported a total of 5,990 HIV infections as of the end of 1996, of which 155 have developed AIDS.
China’s import tariff is 26 percent compared to 15 percent in other countries.
The 51 pilot zones in 11 provinces throughout China of which six are located in Hunan, six in Hubei, five in Anhui, five in Hebei, two in Shaanxi, four in Shanxi, four in Shandong, nine in Henan, five in Guizhou, four in Liaoning and one in Heilongjiang.
www.casy.org /chron/medicine.htm   (8863 words)

  
 DPRK-China
China's explosive rise to economic superpower status was confirmed yesterday by the west's leading thinktank in a new report predicting that it would leapfrog the United States and Germany within five years to become the world's biggest exporter.
China does not recognize them as refugees, or even the legality of their being in the country, so they are forced into an underground existence, making them targets for economic and sexual exploitation.
China's role in the six-party talks, aimed at defusing the North Korean nuclear crisis, is very significant as many experts and officials recognize the extent of Beijing's influence over the impoverished North, the diplomats stressed in unison.
www.vuw.ac.nz /~caplabtb/dprk/NK_china.htm   (17196 words)

  
 China
The present division between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits is a misfortune for the Chinese nation.
It is noted that the overwhelming majority of the countries of the world cherish friendly relations with China and abide by their agreement or understanding with China on the issue of Taiwan.
Reunification of China will not only bolster the stability and development of the country itself, but also contribute to the further enhancement of the friendly relations and cooperation between China and other countries as well as to peace and development in the Asia-Pacific region and the world as a whole.
www.nti.org /db/china/engdocs/twnwp93.htm   (6888 words)

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