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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese government state that China is a socialist democracy and a people's democratic dictatorship. [4] Under Xi Jinping, China is also termed a whole-process people's democracy.
In a parliamentary republic, the head of government is selected or nominated by the legislature and is also accountable to it. The head of state is usually called a president and (in full parliamentary republics) is separate from the head of government, serving a largely apolitical, ceremonial role. In these systems, the head of government is ...
The CCP has also used other terms to officially describe China's system of government including "socialist consultative democracy", and whole-process people's democracy. [42] According to the CCP theoretical journal Qiushi , "[c]onsultative democracy was created by the CPC and the Chinese people as a form of socialist democracy. ...
China's fiscal budget has four parts: general fiscal budget, budget for government funds, budget for operating income of state-owned capital, and social insurance budget. [ 40 ] : 353 The largest part is the general fiscal budget, which is a unitary budget that is allocated between central fiscal and local fiscal budgets.
A movement for increased democracy and liberalization stalled after the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in 1989. China is a unitary one-party socialist republic led by the CCP. It is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council; the UN representative for China was changed from the ROC to the PRC in 1971.
Since 2021, China has been promoting the idea that it runs a new version of democracy. The concept is to avoid elections but to consult common people on how the country should run.
China is the 3rd least electorally democratic country in the world and second least electoral democratic country in Asia according to 2023 V-Dem Democracy indices. [46] Freedom House rates the People's Republic of China as 0 out of 4 for freedom of the electoral process. [47]
A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a form of government where the head of government (chief executive) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of a majority of the legislature, to which they are held accountable.