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CHN 260 Introduction to Chinese Civilization. Unit 8-1 Modern China. People ’ s Republic of China. Name – People ’ s Republic of China Capital - Beijing Founding year – October 1, 1949 National anthem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UctriMuXYS0 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CHN 260 Introduction to
Chinese Civilization
Unit 8-1 Modern China
People’s Republic of China Name – People’s Republic of China
Capital - Beijing Founding year – October 1, 1949 National anthem -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UctriMuXYS0 National flag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_China National emblem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:National_Emblem_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg
Population 1,344,130,000 Area 9,600,000 sq kilometers Provinces and municipalities
Provinces ( 23 ) and autonomous regions (5) http://www.sacu.org/provmap.html Municipalities (4) Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing http://www.sacu.org/provmap.html Special Administrative Regions (2) Hong Kong and
Macau
Legislation National People’s Congress 全国人民代表大会 A legislative house
The largest parliament in the world
Annual meeting along with the People’s Political Consultative Congress 全国人民政治协商会议
Administration State Council 国务院 Ministries and Commissions 部委
PartiesParties Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Democratic Parties
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang ( 中国国民党革命委员会 or 民革
China Democratic League ( 中国民主同盟 or 民盟 China Democratic National Construction Association ( 中国民主建国会 or 民建 China Association for Promoting Democracy ( 中国民主促进会
or 民进 ).
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party ( 中国农工民主党 or 农工党 ).
China Zhi Gong Party ( 中国致公党 ).
Jiusan Society ( 九三学社 ).
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League ( 台湾民主自治同盟 or 台盟 ).
The Structure of the Chinese Communist Party
Some of the past political movements: The crack down of the “counter-
revolutionaries” The agricultural collectivism and
socialist reform The Great Leap Forward Campaign against “the rightists” Four-Clearance movement Cultural Revolution
Open-door policy 1979
There are two historical periods of open door policy.
The first one was in 1899 allowing multiple imperial powers access to China after the Opium War
The second open-door policy period started in 1979
The policy was started by Deng Xiaoping, the CCP leader
The aim of the policy is to make China a modernized country
Deng’s theory: “It doesn’t matter whether its is a white cat or a black cat, it is a good cat as long as it catches mice”
Result – rapid development of China’s economy
1. GDP has grown at an annual average rate of 10 % for 30 years
2. China becomes world’s second largest economy
3. Largest exporter, second largest importer, second largest trading nation in the world
4. Foreign reserves: $2,447 billion (Mar 2010; ranked 1st), 1 billion per day
In two decades China has experienced the same degree of industrialization, urbanization and social transformation as Europe did in two centuries - Newsweek, Issue 1, 2008.
“Rome is not built in one day.” But a new “Manhattan” appeared in Shanghai in 15 years.
not built in one day.” But a new “Manhattan” appeared in Shanghai in 15 years.
Major problems Economy bubble (over-
investment) Decrease of export volume Discrepancy between the rich
and poor Corruption of officials
Future China will become the second
economical super-power There is a long way to go to
be completely democratic