China (Historical, Economic, & Political

1. Fis Habib

2. Content
1 H i s t o r y
2 P o l i t i c s
3 E c o n o m y

3. History
• China is one of the oldest civilization in the
world.
• The Shang dynasty. Earliest kings in the
Valley of the Yellow river around 1300-1200
BC.
• After Shang, other dynasty lead by turns.
• Qing (1681-1911) is lastest dynasty in
China. It’s close the old orde in China.
• Republic orde was started 1912 by Sun
Yat-Sen (the Kuomintang or Nationalist
Party). This orde was ended in 1949.

4. Politics
• China's constitution declares that the
country is ruled "under the leadership"
of the Communist Party of
China (CPC).
• Local People's Congresses are directly
elected, and higher levels of People's
Congresses up to the National People's
Congress (NPC) are indirectly
elected by the People's Congress of
the level immediately below.

5. Politics (cont)
• The political system is decentralized,
and provincial and sub-provincial
leaders have a significant amount of
autonomy.
• Other political parties, referred to as
democratic parties, have
representatives in the National People's
Congress and the Chinese People's
Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC).

7. Economy
• As of 2014, China has the world's second-largest
economy in terms of nominal GDP, totalling
approximately US$10.380 trillion according to
the International Monetary Fund.
• If purchasing power parity (PPP) is taken into
account, China's economy is the largest in the world,
with a 2014 PPP GDP of US$17.617 trillion.
• In 2013, its PPP GDP per capita was US$12,880,
while its nominal GDP per capita was US$7,589.
Both cases put China behind around eighty
countries (out of 183 countries on the IMF list) in
global GDP per capita rankings.