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Xu Chongde
Xu Chongde (15 January 1929 – 3 March 2014) was a well-known legal expert and professor, political scientist, and member of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Xu was born on 15 January 1929 in Qingpu, Shanghai. He studied law at the Fudan University and graduated in 1951. He continued his academic career by teaching at the Renmin University of China after finished his graduate study there. Between 1971 and 1978, Xu taught the history of the Chinese Communist Party at the Beijing Normal University. He later returned to the Renmin University and headed the constitutional teaching and research and the graduate study. He became professor and the mentor of the doctoral study in 1986. He retired in February 2000 and became the honorary professor at the Renmin University. Xu also participated in the drafting of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China in 1954 and also the amendments of the Constitution. He was the member of the Constitution Amendments Committee fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is a national law of China that serves as the organic law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Comprising nine chapters, 160 articles and three annexes, the Basic Law was composed to implement Annex I of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. The Basic Law was enacted under the Constitution of China when it was adopted by the National People's Congress on 4 April 1990 and came into effect on 1 July 1997 when Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to China. It replaced Hong Kong's colonial constitution of the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions. Drafted on the basis of the Joint Declaration, the Basic Law lays out the basic policies of China on Hong Kong, including the " one country, two systems" principle, such that the socialist governance and economic system then practised in mainland China would not be extended to Hong Kong. Instead, Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |