Saturday, October 26, 2024

Framing Socialist Democracy Within the Patriotic Front: Rationalizing the Masses, Through the Hierarchical Structure of the United Front Element

 

Always great to see useful graphics for China's democratic and consultative institutional structures. These remind one that Chinese endogenous (consultative) democratic structures are grounded in the principle that mass (collective) organizations are the most efficient way to ensure a properly functioning system of mass democratic consultation under the guidance and leadership of the vanguard Communist Party of China.  With thanks to my brilliant colleague Chris Mittlestaedt for bringing this to my attention!

Translation follows below

 


 

 

 Note: Currently, there are 22 people's organizations, and 7 of them are participating units of the CPPCC, namely, the Federation of Trade Unions, the Women's Federation, the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Science and Technology Association, the Communist Youth League, the Taiwan Federation, and the Overseas Chinese Federation. The 12 industry sectors are: literature and art, science and technology, social sciences, economy, agriculture, education, sports, news and publishing, medicine and health, foreign friendship, social welfare and social security, and environment and resources.

Figure 9 1 Schematic diagram of the structure of the united front

 注:目前,人民团体共有22个,作为政协参加单位的人民团体有7个,它们是总工会、妇联、工商联、科协、共背团和青联、台联、侨联:12个行业界别分别为:文艺界、科技界、社科界、经济界、农业界、教育界、体育界、新闻出版界、医药卫生界、对外友好界、社会福利和社会保障界、环境资源界。

图9 1 统一战线结构示意图



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