According to the Constitution of China, the administrative regions of People's Republic of China (PRC) are divided as follows:
(1) The whole country is divided into provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
(2) Provinces and autonomous regions are divided into autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties and cities;
(3) Counties and autonomous counties are divided into townships, nationality townships and towns. Municipalities directly under the central government and larger cities are divided into districts and counties. Autonomous prefectures are divided into counties, autonomous counties and cities. ?
Autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties are all ethnic autonomous areas. The state may establish special administrative regions when necessary. The system to be implemented in the special administrative region shall be prescribed by law by the National People's Congress according to specific conditions.
By the end of 20 17, there were 34 provincial administrative regions (including 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the central government and 2 special administrative regions), 334 prefecture-level administrative regions, 285/kloc-0 county-level administrative regions and 39,888 township-level administrative regions in China. Beijing is the capital of China.
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The name of the ruling dynasty
Meaning of country name: "China", which means China and Huaxia. ?
"Man" is a political concept, relative to the enemy. In contemporary China, all classes, strata and social groups that support socialism and the reunification of the motherland belong to the people, and the people refer to all socialist workers, patriots who support the reunification of the motherland and patriots who support socialism.
The English Republic of the word "* * * and" comes from the Latin word respublica (meaning people's public affairs). * * * and generally contain the meaning of * * * sharing power and * * * sharing governance, but in different countries and different historical periods, the scope of power subject of * * * and is different. Harmony in the modern sense emphasizes the participation of all citizens in the formulation and implementation of national laws and policies, including direct participation and indirect participation, such as referendum and representative system.
Determination process
During the Anti-Japanese War, Mao Zedong repeatedly expounded the meaning of "China's democracy and state" to be established in the future. 19481948 On February 30th, Mao Zedong wrote a New Year message "Carry the Revolution to the End" for Xinhua News Agency, which clearly announced: "On 1949, a political consultation meeting was held with the goal of completing the people's revolutionary task without the participation of reactionaries, and People's Republic of China (PRC) was declared to be established and the central government of the Republic was formed."
1949, 16 article 3, paragraph 5, of the organizational regulations of the preparatory Committee for the new political consultative conference adopted at the first plenary session of the preparatory Committee for the new political consultative conference is "to put forward a plan for establishing people's democracy in China and the government of China".
On June 19 of the same year, Zhang Xiruo, a professor from Tsinghua University, questioned the title of "People's Democratic Republic of China" during the discussion in the fourth group of the Preparatory Committee for the new CPPCC. He said the name of the country was too long and suggested deleting the word "democracy". Finally, the word "People's Republic of China (PRC)" was adopted.
On September 27th of the same year, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference passed a resolution, officially naming the country as "People's Republic of China (PRC)". And remove the abbreviation of "Republic of China" after the country name. Since then, the word "Republic of China" has been completely deleted from the meeting documents adopted by the CPPCC meeting. After the founding of New China, the Republic of China was replaced by People's Republic of China (PRC).