Organisation of the government
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- Organisation of the government
- Organisation of the government
- Chinese People's Political Consultive Conference (CPPCP) began to take steps to make a new political system
- promised freedom and equality
- began a transitional period
- theoretically one of the freest countries in the world
- Mao wanted no one but the working class, peasantry, urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoise- people in the five black categories would be repressed
- 'New Democracy'
- China divided into six regions (bureaux)
- 1954 constitution and increasing bureaucracy
- constitution based on 1936 Soviet Russia Constitution
- party maintained control of election process
- central control to prevent wars in provinces
- amount of bureacrats increased x10 in ten years
- fears that this could slow the pace of revolution, which Mao felt was what had gone wrong in Russia
- the more powerful Mao became, the harder it became to oppose him
- The role of the Communist Party
- the real power lay in the Chairman of the Party
- membership was restricted to those who could prove their commitment
- 4.5 million party members in October 1949, 5.8 million in 1950
- mass participation in Party groups was encouraged
- The role of the People's Liberation Army
- held the values of discipline, self-sacrifice and perseverance against the odds
- made of 5 million men and consumed over 40% of the state budget
- it indoctrinated people
- became more professional with clearly defined ranks as it got smaller
- their ultimate goal was to achieve Great Power status for China
- Organisation of the government
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