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State Organs: Three Decades of Structural Change and Institutional Development

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Since the promulgation of the 1982 Constitution 30 years ago, China has undergone tremendous social changes. The values of constitutionalism have taken root deeply in the hearts of the people, and the democracy and the rule of law have been gradually advanced. How to look at the 30-year changes of the Chinese society from the perspective of Constitution is a significant yet tough project.

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    Law Yearbook of China (1987–1997), Press of Law Yearbook of China, 1998 edition, page 10.

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    Hu and Zhang [21].

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    We take three papers of three scholars, respectively, representing each of the three generations as examples, Wu [24], Yin [25], and Zhang [26].

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    After searching on the network of China National Knowledge Infrastructure, we found that there were only two papers studying the freedom of association in 1980s. These two papers were, respectively, Wu [35] and Wang [36].

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Jiao, H., Ye, Q. (2020). State Organs: Three Decades of Structural Change and Institutional Development. In: Li, L., Mo, J., Zhai, G. (eds) Constitutional Development in China, 1982-2012. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9261-1_9

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