Constitutionalism in China: Changing Dynamics in Legal and Political Debates

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The March 2004 meeting of the National People's Congress ushered in landmark changes to the PRC Constitution. A look into the constitutional amendments and the new protections of private property.

By Arjun Subrahmanyan

In March 2003, a new generation of state leaders was promoted in the PRC at the first session of the 10th National People's Congress. Hu Jintao became president, and Wen Jiabao became premier. In the months after his elevation to president, Hu on several occasions made public comments about the desirability of China moving more strongly to embrace rule of law practices, supporting the rights of ordinary citizens that are guaranteed under the law, and initiating a more thoroughgoing decentralization of political decision-making to meet the challenges facing the country's rapidly changing economy.

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