Editing China (section)

===Government structure===
The government of the People's Republic of China is rooted in [[Mao Zedong Thought]], the application of Marxism-Leninism to the conditions of China in the 1930s. Mao's thought is unique due to the idea of the [[Vanguardism|vanguard party]] running the Chinese government being not just made up of [[Proletariat|proletarians]], but also of [[Intellectualism|intellectuals]] and [[Peasantry|peasants]]. The reasoning for this is a concept developed by Mao known as the "[[mass line]]" where the vanguard is meant to pay attention to the needs and wants of the people.<ref name=":0" />

The state power in China is split into four layers. The lowest layer is a [[commune]], where the average person lives and works. The second layer is a [[municipality]], a group of communes, and a collection of municipalities makes up a [[province]]. Provinces are then subordinate to the national government, which is run by the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]]. All communes, municipalities, and provinces are led by a local head of government and a [[Party Committee Secretary]] from the CPC.<ref name=":0" />

The State Council is made up of ministers that are selected by the [[National People's Congress]] (NPC), the democratically-elected parliament of China. The State Council meets once every six months, the [[Standing Committee of the State Council of the People's Republic of China]] to do their job temporarily when they are not in session. The members of the Standing Committee are selected by the State Council.<ref name=":0" />

Members of the NPC, on the other hand, are elected through a process of [[parliamentary democracy]] that goes through all four layers of the Chinese government. The Chinese citizens elect members of a congress to function as a government in their local commune, whom then select municipal congress members, whom then select provincal congress members, whom then select the members of the NPC. The NPC is the largest democratic body in the world by membership, consisting of almost 3,000 delegates that are elected for five-year terms. It can enact laws, update and enforce the [[Constitution of the People's Republic of China]], appoint members of the State Council, and elect the President and [[Vice President]]. The NPC also controls the [[People's Liberation Army]] and the [[High Court]]. The NPC only meets two weeks per year, leaving the [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]] to do its job when not in session. The Standing Committee of the NPC has ~170 members and is selected from members of the NPC.<ref name=":0" />

There are some exceptions to this layout of how the Chinese government functions, however. For example, [[Autonomous region|autonomous regions]] like [[Xinjiang]] and [[special economic zones]] like [[Qingdao]] have different rules based on their special statuses.<ref name=":0" />