Sebastian Heilmann - China’s Political System

Table 1.1.A

Important events in the history of the PRC, 194979

Table 1.1.B

Formative developments and traumatic experiences in Chinas recent history

Table 1.1.C

Notions of political order and organizational patterns: Continuities and novel approaches (selected examples)

Table 1.5

Analytical perspectives in the study of Chinese politics

Table 2.1.A

The Chinese variant of socialism: Basic organizational features

Table 2.1.B

The Chinese variant of socialism: Fundamental ideological features

Table 2.1.C

Sino-Marxist methodology and its effects in political practice

Table 2.1.D

Definitions of the principal contradiction and the CCP work focus

Table 2.1.E

The two centenary goals

Table 2.1.F

Core socialist values, as propagated by the CCP

Table 2.3.A

Membership structure of the CCP, 200513

Table 2.3.B

National Communist Party Congresses and leading CCP bodies

Table 2.3.C

The internal structure at the party center, 2014

Table 2.4.A

The central government of the PRC, 2015

Table 2.4.B

Coordinating bodies of the State Council ( ), under the leadership of the premier, 2014

Table 2.5.A

Policy-making authority granted to regional governments

Table 2.5.B

How a provincial government is structured (based on the example of Jiangsu province, 2015)

Table 2.8

Chinas government debt, 2013

Table 2.9.A

State and party cadres in the PRC, 1997

Table 2.9.B

Hierarchy of leading party cadres, 198098

Table 2.9.C

Public-sector employees, 19952008

Table 2.9.D

Popularity of the civil service: Applicants for open civil-service jobs, 200414

Table 2.10.A

Regulations of state and party organs

Table 2.10.B

National Peoples Congresses, 19542013

Table 2.10.C

Delegates to the National Peoples Congress, 19542018 (percentages)

Table 2.10.D

Selected voting results in the National Peoples Congress, 19952015

Table 2.10.E

Membership of the United Front parties, 2013

Table 2.11

Number of prisoners, 201314

Table 2.12

Chinese military expenditures: Official statistics and unofficial estimates, 19942014

Table 3.1.A

Stereotypical representations of Chinas leadership in Western media

Table 3.1.B

Events that may trigger a crisis mode

Table 3.1.C

Characteristics of the normal and crisis modes in Chinese politics

Table 3.2

Leadership generations within the PRC

Table 3.3

Responsibilities within central party and government offices, 2014

Table 3.6

Crucial factors in leadership and succession conflicts

Table 3.7

Tensions between formal and informal rules in Chinese politics

Table 4.1

Chinas economic growth and reform coalitions

Table 4.3

Preconditions for the introduction of market-oriented reforms in China

Table 4.4.A

Distinctive policy features of Chinese reform practices, 197898

Table 4.4.B

Developmental phases and reform measures since 1979

Table 4.5.A

Basic types of Chinese companies under state and private control, 2014

Table 4.5.B

State mechanisms for influencing and intervening in business

Table 4.7

Chinas foreign trade, 19802014

Table 4.8

Basic kinds of political corruption in the PRC

Table 4.9

Regional economic disparities, 2014

Table 5.1

Population growth in the PRC, 19532014

Table 5.3.A

Rural household incomes and urbanrural income gaps, 19902014

Table 5.3.B

Top destinations of Chinese migrant workers, 2014

Table 5.4.A

Annual income and consumption by region, 2013

Table 5.4.B

Social classes based on opportunities for social participation

Table 5.4.C

Chinas super rich and their wealth, 19992015

Table 5.4.D

Per capita annual cash living expenditures of urban households, 2012

Table 5.5.A

The development of social organizations in the PRC, 200414

Table 5.5.B

Selected associations active in national economic policy making

Table 5.7.A

Distribution and population of the minority nationalities, 2010

Table 5.7.B

Participation in religious activities in the PRC, 19492010

Table 5.8.A

Social protests in the PRC

Table 5.8.B

Crime rates in the PRC: An international comparison, 200815

Table 6.2.A

Actors involved in deregulation programs

Table 6.2.B

Deregulation: Reducing central-government approval items, 200214

Table 6.3

Actors and interests involved in reforming the penal system

Table 6.4