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* Personalized Rule at the Top (the Core)
No formal rules define the relationship among the leaders and what they could or could not do; they are above the law and they are the law.

* Mishus
Individuals who are close to the top leaders but are not a part of the bureaucratic system. They wield an extra-ordinary power in Chinese political system.

* Kous
Not fixed and the relative importance of different Kous, change from time to time.

Four major Kous:
1) party affairs
2) government work
3) state security
4) foreign affairs

* Xitong
Groups of bureaucracies that together deal with a broad tasks that the top political leaders want performed.

Six major Xitongs:
1) party affairs
2) organization and personnel
3) propaganda and education
4) political and legal affairs
5) finance and economics
6) military

Prior to the mid1980's when the change began, there were three essential characteristics in China's social structure:

* The state exercised effective regulations on the society by means of planning.
* The state brought all of its social members into an administrative pattern, qhere everyone belonged to an organization or work unit.
* The diversified interest pursuits did not emerge and social autonomous power was weak by planned economic system and politicized society.

The dynamics of China´s present change in social structure was initiated by the following aspects:

* The transition from a society ruled by man to that ruled by law.
* The transition from a planned economy to a market economy.
Source(s):
http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~mstclam/Public%20Administration%20in%20China/pol....

http://bic.cass.cn/English/infoShow/Arcitle_Show_Conference_Show_1.asp?ID=1...


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