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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Communist Party of China is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China, exercising leadership over the state, military, and society under a Leninist vanguard structure.
- What is democratic centralism and where is it codified?
- How did the 2018 constitutional amendment strengthen the CPC?
- Distinguish the Party hierarchy from the state hierarchy in China.?
- What ideologies form the CPC's official guiding canon?

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