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//english.dbw.cn 2018-02-26 11:13:51 |
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee made public its proposal on amendment to China's Constitution Sunday. Highlights in the proposed constitutional amendment package include: -- Addition of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the Scientific Outlook on Development; -- Inclusion of "working to build a community with a shared future for humanity;" -- Adding a sentence which stipulates that "the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics;" -- Inclusion of core socialist values; -- Adding a clause which states that all state functionaries shall take a public oath of allegiance to the Constitution upon assuming office; -- Removing the expression that the President and Vice-President of the People's Republic of China "shall serve no more than two consecutive terms" from the Constitution; -- Listing supervisory commission as a new state organ. |
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Author: Source:xinhua Editor:Yang Fan |