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China Government Power Map: Who Selects Whom
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🇨🇳 Government power map
Who selects whom in China?
Indirect national people's-congress selection system
China
4 institutions · 3 relationshipsHow power connects
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About this system
Official NPC sources distinguish directly elected specified lower-level people's congresses from higher-level congresses elected by the congress below; 35 electoral units elect the National People's Congress, which selects or decides specified state leadership roles.
No invented arrows. A line is published only when an attached constitution or official institution explicitly supports the relationship. An institution source by itself does not justify an inferred line.
3 formal relationships drawn · 3 sources · Verified 2026-08-28
The dots
Institutions represented on this map.
Each institution below has an attached source. Being listed does not imply an unshown formal relationship.
Lower-level people's congresses
Directly elected congresses participate in the upward indirect-election chain.
National People's Congress
Deputies are elected from 35 official electoral units; the NPC exercises national legislative power.
Specified state leadership
Includes national offices that Article 62 says the NPC elects or decides upon.
Evidence and limits
Every line has a source. Every missing layer stays visible.
The map describes formal national relationships only. It does not measure democratic quality, legitimacy, actual compliance, or informal influence.
Official or constitutional source
Organization of the National People's Congress
National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
- 35 electoral units
- NPC structure
Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses
National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
- direct lower-level election
- indirect higher-level election
Constitution of the People's Republic of China
National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
- local election levels
- NPC powers
- state leadership selection
Source notes
Not mapped yetResearch gaps, not assumptions.
- Party institutions and their formal relationship to state organs
- Current officeholders and tenure
- Provincial and local power beyond the election chain
These maps describe selected formal national relationships, not every informal source of political power.