Normal Chinese people don't even care about this system while the comments are in war.

Let's see what the experts in the comments have to say:

it’s hard to have an opposition if you don’t allow an opposition.

Minor but interesting tidbit for those unfamiliar: The Kuomintang (the Nationalist Party that lost the Chinese War and fled to Taiwan) is still a legitimate minor political party and has non-CCP seats at the National People's Congress. Their post-war name is "Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang." According to Wikipedia, they have 43 seats in the NPC and 6 seats in the NPC Standing Committee, which means they do actually carry some influence.

"We have elections at home" Elections at home:

The opposition is in Taiwan.

They’re basically CAPCOM (Capitlism/Communism) and they use each when they see fit.

China was ruled by one-party before 1949 - KMT ruled China from 1920s to 1949. SCMP incorrectly stated that China was ruled by one-party starting from 1949.

Here before the comment section starts World War 3.

As a chinese... I will say this is incredibly accurate! Finally someone has a chance to explain things here

The oppositions remain widespread in the party,one whole party doesn't mean all the communists share the same opinion.

At least it's unlike the political system in my country where even a boxer can run for the highest position 😂

2:13 who had the bright idea to name the national congress NPCs?

As an INDIAN one can criticise China as much as he can....... But they are developing with a superfast speed it means they are doing right things

It’s not the economy, it’s the quality of life that matters.

This video is incomplete. It doesn't even explain the process one goes through to become a Politburo member or even a President

If it works it works

It's CPC not CCP

content could be expanded, like what one have to go through to occupy one of those top positions

Ever since the fall of Jack Ma, South China Morning Post, one of Ma's major publishing business outside China, has taken a sharp turn on its point of view towards the motherland of its owner.

looks like we have mixed reactions in the comments...

Having more than 1.3 billion population, it is essential to have a strict ruling. It might not work elsewhere in the world but its definitely important in China.

When considering the size of the party, why bother no official political opposition? Don’t you think there’ll be a lot of resistance inside the party?

The first video of SCMP I’ve watched that has a narrator

"Negotiating behind closed doors" ... that sounded kinda familiar. Do we not hear law makers in US Congress going behind closed doors to negotiate? Do we not see zero Republican moved over to impeach Trump the first time? Do we not see Mitch and Trump putting their Federal judges in Court and boasting about it?

I like how their legislative body is called the "NPC", it's full of NPCs.

you don't need to have an opposition party to have different opinions. if you think all the members of the communist party are all forced to agree with each other, how is it possible they can improve? China could not have improved so much if they don't have self reflection, self criticism and self betterment of their mistakes. actually democratic nations having showed that having an opposition party actually stagnates improvement and development, because parties make it a sport to go against each other no matter what.

And that worked out really well for them

Spent about 3 weeks (3 meeting days per week) discussing this in my Comparative Politics class a few semesters ago lol.

Honestly for a country of China’s size with 1.4 billion people and over 100 ethic groups you need a strong single party system to hold the country together. I think it’s all comes down to serving the people and not how the government is formed and how many parties there are. It’s more of a balance between holding the country together while allowing opportunities and some freedom for the people. It’s a very delicate balance that most people, especially white people, do not understand or appreciate.

Jesus he really does look like winnie the pooh

Its facinating. I always wanted to know how the party works. Awesome insight.

This was a really cool breakdown of China’s government. Love it

In China and many other countries, there is a strong belief that the benefit of the many outweighs the liberties of the individual. This is in contrast to a nation like the USA, which values the liberties of the individual more greatly. As an American, the USA has always struggled with this belief in the individual. It suffers from crony capitalism giving too much power to wealthy individuals and corporations, while simultaneously oppressing groups of people and occupying foreign nations. Many Americans argue for a stronger central government that places the needs and wants of the many over the liberties of the individuals. Yet, other Americans resist this and even argue that the US government is already too oppressive. They believe that individual liberties need to be strengthened. I believe that the USA's problems all stem from the ideas of the Enlightenment that founded the nation, while it was corrupted by individuals with great power and no desire to fulfill those founding ideals. If I were to praise China on anything, I would say at least China's government is less confusing and the country has less civil strife than the USA.

It reminds of Soviet Union style system of government.

Wrong title. More appropriate title is "how mafia works"

Many people are quick to judge the CPC without understanding how it actually works lol.

Whatever their system is, it’s the results to the people that legitimizes their power in the end

Overall, seems like a meritocracy since every member of government has been selected (recently at least) from a very educated group of youth via testing (GaoKao etc...). It could be more efficient if it allowed freedom of speech so that the people could isolate problems/issues that they are encountering so the CCP knows what to focus on. At least, that's my idea.

the music is so calming

Watch Eric Li's TED talk A Tale of Two Political Systems after this. 👀

A really informative video. Thank you.

Does anyone know the background music for the video?

Everyone in the CCP is qualified and highly educated and have went through a lot of hardships to get to where they are now. In America, you can be in government without any qualifications. The competency of both governments can be seen today.

I’d just say, it’ll be a huge mistake to underestimate the ‘formality’ of all those political science. The formality is part of the political stability, and highly symbolic. The second point is that, the Chinese ‘democracy’ is all about negotiation before those formality, and that’s why there is/will be political stability in China.

"Worlds biggest military" I think the US would like to have a say in this.

They operate without anesthesia.

How originally thought this channel is controlled and censored by the Chinese Government; however, this video has changed the way I look toward SCMP. Far much reliable and objective than my prior expectations.

Wrong. China was ruled basically since the beginning of the time by 1 ruler, emporers or commy party leadership, doesnt make a huge difference. But there is one, if the mayority of people isnt happy they can replace their actualy leader from the CCP.

In this video there are some misleading statement. China is governed by only 1 party, and the leader is not elected, at least not via a typical directly voted way. But it is far from dictatorship, and certainly less of dictatorship than many western countries. China system is classified as Meritocracy, for the following reasons: 1, The top governors. China is not governed by the president alone, the highest decision maker is not a person, instead it's a group of 5 or 7 people called the "Standing Committee of the Political Bureau"(SCPB), the members of which normally hold the following positions: President, and/or Vice- President, Congress Chairman, Prime Minister, Military Committee Chairman (normally same person as the President, but not always) Chairman of Political Consultative Conference Committee, and one in charge of legislative affairs (the Court, the Procuratorate, Inspection, and Police affairs) By controlling those positions, the China Communist Party (CCP) run the country. It's no one-rules-all situation. Power is well balances and mutually conditioned. Believe me, more or less the committee members do not share a uniform political interest. It kind of like a weaker multi party system, except that it's multi-group within one party President Xi, who is also the chairman of Military Committee, holds the strongest position among the 7 people, but he's no way to dictate. What he says for the critical issues is actually not from himself, it's from the committee instead, if he disagrees, sorry, he has to reserve it. Therefore, the country is led by a "collectively leadership". In this mean, President Xi is far less powerful in China than President Trump in USA. 2, The selection and promotion system. In china, the leaders are not elected, but selected. Well, theoretically, the President and the VP Military Committee chairman, President of Supreme Court, and Procurator General are voted by the Congress, but in practical, they are nominated by the only ruling party, there're not too much of voting. How a guy get to be nominated is important. There's a so called "Organization Department" in CCP whose role is pretty much like the HR department in a big company. This department is in charge of the annual appraisal of all government officials, as well as trainings, promotions, and anything you can imagine happening in a HR department. They have a very sophisticated procedure to do the job, the most important weighting factors for an official performance would be GDP social stability, and so on. Basically, for a guy to enter central government, he has to continue to be outstanding for tens of years. The power center of the CCP would be the Political Bureau which consists of like twenty people. Once in the Political Bureau, he's qualified for the final power game. To get to be the member of the standing committee (the most powerful 5 or 7 guys), there would be a lot of balancing, gaming, and wrestling. Of course you wouldn't expect those competitions are just between several individuals, actually each player is backed up by some group, and in return he speaks for the group. That gives you an idea of how a guy struggle his way to be a national leader 3, The history of China Meritocracy. There are a lot of concepts borrowed from the westerners in current China political system. However, there's also huge cultural heritage from the history. The origin of the mentioned official selection system can be tracked back to one thousand years ago, the Sui Dynasty. The system was called "Kejue", ( see Wiki Imperial examination ) it's a series of national examinations to promote the talented people to the ruling class, all the way from the very bottom of the society The examinations are four levels in series, held annually. Almost everyone in the country are welcome, except for a small portion of the population (like less than 1%) such as those in the prostitution, or entertainment businesses. If you decide to go with this path, you would start studying very hard, mostly those Confucius classical works, alone with history, literature, and philosophies. Once you pass the entry level exam, you will officially be a "Shi". It elevate yourself from the civilian class (consists of farmers, workers, and businessmen), then you get privileges such as free from some taxes and the corvee labor obligation, in any audience with local governors, you will be offered a chair, and don't have to bow to him, and more importantly, he will be authorized to get involved in some very local management affairs by the local government, etc. but that's far from enough In order to get your hand into politics, you need go further and take the next level exams, with higher and higher possibilities to enter the government, all the way to the final one, with is designed and held by the emperor himself. If you pass that you will be the envied "JinShi" and guaranteed to enter government, and most possibly, end up your career. This is how the civilians, even the poorest from the bottom of the society, are able to lift himself up to the upper class. 4. The elitism in current China system. Elitism is naturally compatible with meritocracy, and it has deep root in Chinese culture too. One of a famous slogan from Confucius is "mental labors rule others, and physical labors. are ruled by others", You can also find such similar thoughts in ancient poets such as "Everything are low, expect reading is noble". For CCP, it claims to be communism, speak for the working class, and have a foundation made of worker-peasant alliance. Seemingly it stands right opposite to the elitism And yes, such populism had its way during the Cultural Revolution when Mao ruled the country. At that time, family being bottom of the class is worth of being proud of, and on the contrary, the rich people, professors, scholars, even some military generals were humiliated, tortured, and even killed by "the majorities of workers and peasants". But over these years the CCP evolves into, in my point, a club of elites and has nothing to do with communism expect for the official name. The prerequisite to be admitted by the party is now not based on the belief or the political interest, it's actually based on your performance (in career or in society) and your influence power. So if you want be a governor, join the party first.

What's the name of music?

I want to know the name of background music

People who misunderstand China's party-state political structure will always have an incorrect perception that "China is a one-party state" and "China doesn't allow opposition parties." Because in many ways the party IS the state and vice versa, the CCP is not your typical "political party" as defined in, say, the US. With the "party" and the "government" being nearly one and the same, the idea of "political opposition" exists mostly within the CCP apparatus (with the exception of the mentioned "minor political parties" occupying a small minority in the NPC), rather than a strictly "cross-party" opposition typical of multi-party republics.

You lost the key information: you said 6.6% of Chinese manland ppl are CPC members But you forgot to mention that nearly 90% of Chinese young ppl are Young Pioneers(YP) or Communist Youth League(CYL) members That means most Chinese mainland ppl are IN the CPC ,not against the CPC It's vert different when you take different sides. (Only 9.1% people in China has no family relationship with CPC ) May be not the CPC control China, maybe CPC is really the majority of China.

Can i use this video please 🙏

Despite being a chinese state media, they actually describe China's system pretty well.

Last week I took my kids to off-time school, some local community workers asked me if I live in the community. They said it's time for this year's election and asked me to stay for a while to learn the different candidates and their main roles and plans for the community in the next term. I was in a hurry to get rid of kids, so I chose one randomly who looked pretty (honorsly they were all old aunties or uncles, just chose one looked slightly nicer). Because I know, anyone of them, will follow the plans made by upper level leaders, which also follow their upper levels. In such kind of political structure, and I am confident with the central government and the party. So anyone is OK.

Me and the boys scrolling through the 50 cent army comments.

最後這個曲子叫啥？

Excellent well explained video thank you

Very simple, the current Chinese political system is basically elitism, which is rooted deeply in Chinese history and culture. The communist party is intended to be a group of elite people selected from all sectors of the society. I have no problem with this idea. My major complaint is that this idea is not always accurately executed. By the way, I am a common Chinese people (no party member, 50+ years old) living in Shanghai. China haters simply do not believe that most common Chinese people support their government run by the communist party.

As an oversea chinese, I still remember how my grandpa told me how poor china was before WWII. They were so weaken after the japanese attacked them, so much has changed since then. A powerful new military to defend the homeland, and millions of chinese highly educated to build a stronger china. I am so proud to say I am Chinese.

PRC's success on their socioeconomic power have modern economics - which emphasizes less government intervention and small-sized government ran by freedom of speech - become obsolete. In reality large-sized government with heavy government intervention and restricted journalism leads to better socioeconomic situation and better growth overall.

thank you scmp media for sharing...

Doctor: you need to take these pills. Or... Patient: No, let's ask my fellows' opinions firstly. Doctor: I've already checked your condition...As I said...You better follow my prescription. Patient: You're such kind of dictator, I will never submit to your manipulation. Doctor: ..........

Fortunately the opposition within the party is allowed to exists these days, the USSR under Stalin and China under Mao allowed no opposition and purged there opposition, creating a cult of personality, the vanguard party system developed by Lenin had some flaws. Nonetheless Marx realized that communism would never succeed in a sea of capitalism, so the remaining "communist" countries have embraced a mixed economic model, most recently Cuba in 2019. EDIT: The Chinese Communist Party under Xi Jinping has become once again, not friendly to opposition, and Xi has developed a cult of personality once again, the CCP has become a rubber stamp for the Xi Jinping, and under his direction removed term limits on leadership, allowing Xi Jinping to rule for life.

For anyone wondering what the music is, Timeless by Neutrin05.

I'm confused between National people's congress and National party congress. Can someone explain that to me

3:33 "the world's biggest military"??? By what standard? Head counts?

chinese people are living happily while u guys are fighting on here for what lol.

This video answered my question. Thanks!

Careful posting this!

Ordinary people don't care who is in charge. We want food on the table, roof over our head, electricity / clean water, plenty of jobs, and education.

When Chinese people learn about the government, do they also learn what is real and what is a "formality".

One country one voice, one party one voice.

Does the standing committee ever sit down?

The last minute of the video is kinda out of topic. I was initially impressed with the content in the first 3 minutes.

Lol isnt this channel owned by Jack Ma ?

If there is a video about democracy we know that it doesn't work like that in reality. Same with this, you could say this is how it works but we know it's not true.

People should understand one thing there is rivalry so one party or multi party doesn't really matter people are competitive in nature , there are countries with many parties and no matter who wins politics stays the same and there are countries with 1 party where the politics changes direction after a new election.

At the end of the day we will all get what we deserve

This is actually a surprisingly unbiased breakdown of the CCP's political system.

Does the General Secretary work on a tenure basis? If not why do they step down ? The process feels like it's a pressure cooker to find the smartest political leader.

great country, hope they make it

Surely no one is greater than Winnie. He is the greatest person in the entire world. No one can be compared to Winnie. Even birds sing praises of him. Winnie surpasses that cat in every possible ways .. everyone loves Winnie ... who don’t?

-What's the difference between China's and USA's political system? -In the US people think they actually choose something. 🤦😂😂

This might help me learn more about the government before thinking about working in China

Why is the music so eerie

If CCP and Chinese government really operated like what this SCMP report described, the few Chinese leaders would be the supermen to bring the country to be #2 economy in the world. Based in China, SCMP should have done a better job to dig deep and better explain how the CCP and country operate. If SCMP can't do this, then somebody else already has done or you. His name is Eric Li.

"Arise, you who refuse to be slaves!..."

There also one thing that they didn't mentioned in the video that if the policies of the government is actually working to take china ahead then it doesn't matter how the members are elected but when something goes wrong there should be something/someone to interfere

That head guy looks a lot like Winnie the Pooh

Meanwhile at UK politics: 🤡

Seems like indian govt. Is trying to create exact same politcs nowadays

Can you make a video on how the party in North Korea works?

It does not matter if the cat is black or if the cat is white, so long as the cat catches mice.

Great video 👍

Indian congress ruled India for more than 70 years, it was one party rule too!

General Secretary is a funny way to say dictator

Chinese subtitle plz， I need to know my country.