AMW China

AMW China conventional long form: The Constitutional Empire of China conventional short form: China local long form: Zhonghua Renmin Di Guo local short form: Zhong Guo abbreviation: PRC Government type: Constitutional Monarchy Capital: Beijing

Administrative divisions 23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural)

provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang

autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang (Tibet), Taiwan, Mongolia

municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin,Ulaanbaatar

221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty); 1 January 1912 (Manchu Dynasty replaced by a Republic); 1 October 1949 (People's Republic established) 5 October (The Constitutional Empire of China) National holiday: Anniversary of the Founding of the Consitutional Empire of China Constitution: most recent promulgation 4 December 1982

Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: Emperor: Zhang Fu Guo Chancellor: Yeh Zhao Feng

Cabinet State Council appointed by the National People's Congress (NPC) elections: Chancellor elected by the National People's Congress for six-year terms Chancellor nominated by the Emperor, confirmed by the National People's Congress,andapproved by the Imperial Parliament

Congress with a total of 2,937 representatives Imperial Parliament with a total of 1,256 Officials

Legislative branch National People's Congress or Guo Jia Ren Min Da Hui (2,985 seats; members elected by municipal, regional, and provincial people's congresses to serve four-year terms)

Judicial branch Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress andapproved by the Imperial Parliament); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher, intermediate and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarily military, maritime, and railway transport courts)

Political parties and leaders United China Party or UCP, General Liu Tong Zhong Confederate Chinese People's Party, Socialist, Yeh Zhao Feng The Nationalist Party, Li Li Shan

Political pressure groups and leaders Vatican, Catholic Church of China, Zhong Hua Ji Du Jiao, Bishop Liu Wei Qing Buddha's Light, China, Zhong Guo Fo Guang Da Hui, Chief Venerable Wen Tian China Freedom and Liberty Union, Jiang Min Qing

Flag description red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner