The People's Republic of China has 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 centrally-administered municipalities and 2 special administrative regions (see the following table).

China's Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Centrally-administered Municipalities and Special Administrative Regions

China's adminis

All power in China belongs to the people. The organs through which the people exercise state power are the NPC and the local people’s congresses. Therefore, the people’s congress system is China’s fundamental political system. Its basic characteristics are: It has extensive represe

The national flag of the PRC is a red rectangle emblazoned with five stars.

The red of the flag symbolizes revolution; the stars are yellow so that they will stand out brightly against the red ground. The larger star represents the CPC and the four smaller ones, the Chinese people. This expresses th

China is a country of many political parties. Apart from the CPC, which is in power, China has eight non-Communist parties. Since their founding the latter have established cooperative relations with the CPC to different extents. The non-Communist parties responded to the call put forward by the CPC