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National-territorial autonomy in the People’s Republic of China as a form of political and legal structure

2025· article· en· W4412387086 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueAnalytical and Comparative Jurisprudence · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicGlobal Political and Economic Relations
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPoliticsAutonomyChinaPolitical sciencePeople's RepublicPolitical structureLaw

Abstract

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It is indicated that national-territorial autonomy is a key element of the state system of the PRC. It combines centralized party leadership with limited autonomy of national minorities. This system creates discrepancies between legal norms and governance practices, which emphasizes its relevance for modern constitutionalism. The article examines national-territorial autonomy in the People’s Republic of China as a specific form of political and legal system. The constitutional and legal principles of the functioning of autonomous entities in the PRC are analyzed, in particular the provisions of the 1982 Constitution and the 1984 Law «On National-Territorial Autonomy». The structure of the administrative-territorial system of China, which includes five autonomous regions: Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang-Uyghur, Guangxi-Zhuang, Ningxia-Hui and Tibet, is considered. The authors highlights the contradiction between the legally enshrined rights of autonomous entities and their actual status in the centralized system of state administration. It is determined that despite the constitutional guarantees of national and cultural autonomy (the right to use national languages, preserve cultural traditions, appoint representatives of the titular nationality to leadership positions), real political power in the autonomous regions belongs to the Communist Party of China. The article identifies key problems in the development of autonomous regions: limited real autonomy, strict political control by the central government, a policy of cultural and linguistic assimilation, economic inequality and social conflicts. A comparative analysis of the Chinese model with autonomous entities in the USA, Spain and Canada was conducted, which allowed us to identify significant differences in approaches to regional self-government and protection of the rights of national minorities. The authors analyzes the prospects for reforming the autonomy system in the PRC, considering possible development scenarios in the short, medium and long term. It is concluded that national-territorial autonomy in China remains largely declarative, and without significant changes in the political system of the PRC, autonomous regions will continue to be under the full control of the central government.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.525
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

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Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.027
GPT teacher head0.356
Teacher spread0.329 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it