History of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Xu Chongde
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The history of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China begins with the Common Program in 1949 and has spanned more than half a century. The Constitution of the People's Republic of China is a socialist constitution. The socialist nature and direction of the Constitution are the choice of the people, and they are also a summary of the historical experience of constitutional issues over more than a century. In his report on the draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China delivered at the National People's Congress in September 1954, Liu Shaoqi once pointed out: "It is precisely like this. The true constitution that emerges in China can only be a people's democratic and socialist constitution. Only such a constitution is suitable for the interests of the vast masses of the people and is welcomed by them." Only socialism can save China. This is an unshakable conclusion drawn from the firsthand experience of the Chinese people since the May Fourth Movement. If China departs from socialism, it will inevitably regress to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial state. This is unacceptable to hundreds of millions of Chinese people. Therefore, upholding the socialist nature and direction of the Constitution represents the will and fundamental interests of the vast masses of the people. This book reviews the path taken by the Constitution of our country, describing its evolution as thoroughly as possible, in order to help readers explore the historical lessons and provide useful clues for the future operation of the Constitution and the construction of socialist constitutionalism.