Cina Governo Profilo 2001

Capitale

Beijing

Indipendenza

221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty 221 BC; Qing or Ch'ing Dynasty replaced by the Republic on 12 Febbraio 1912; People's Republic established 1 Ottobre 1949)

Festa nazionale

Founding of the People's Republic of China, 1 Ottobre (1949)

Costituzione

most recent promulgation 4 Dicembre 1982

Suffragio

18 anni; universal

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato: Presidente JIANG Zemin (da allora 27 March 1993) and Vice Presidente HU Jintao (da allora 16 March 1998)

capo di governo: Premier ZHU Rongji (da allora 18 March 1998); Vice Premiers QIAN Qichen (da allora 29 March 1993), LI Lanqing (29 March 1993), WU Bangguo (da allora 17 March 1995), and WEN Jiabao (da allora 18 March 1998)

cabinet: State Council appointed by the National People's Congress (NPC)

elections: president and vice president elected by the National People's Congress for five-year terms; elections last held 16-18 March 1998 (next to be held NA March 2003); premier nominated by the president, confirmed by the National People's Congress

election results: JIANG Zemin reelected president by the Ninth National People's Congress with a total of 2,882 votes (36 delegates voted against him, 29 abstained, and 32 did not vote); HU Jintao elected vice president by the Ninth National People's Congress with a total of 2,841 votes (67 delegates voted against him, 39 abstained, and 32 did not vote)