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China Primer: China's Political System (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised July 1, 2024
Report Number IF12505
Report Type In Focus
Authors Susan V. Lawrence
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The People's Republic of China (PRC or China) is the only Communist Party-led state among the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council or among the members of the G-20 grouping of major economies. As Congress has intensified its focus on China in the context of U.S.-China strategic competition, Members have increasingly sought to legislate and conduct oversight on matters that require an understanding of the PRC political system. Select features of that system are introduced below.