Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1993)

Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China

Announcement of the National People's Congress [1993] No. 8

March 29, 1993

(Adopted at the First Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 29, 1993)

Article 3 The last two sentences of the seventh paragraph of the Preamble to the Constitution, which reads, "The basic task of the nation in the years to come is to concentrate its effort on socialist modernization. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the guidance of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, the Chinese people of all nationalities will continue to adhere to the people's democratic dictatorship and the socialist road, steadily improve socialist institutions, develop socialist democracy, improve the socialist legal system, and work hard and self-reliantly to modernize the country's industry, agriculture, national defence and science and technology step by step to turn China into a socialist country with a high level of culture and democracy", is revised to read, "China is at the primary stage of socialism. The basic task of the nation is to concentrate its effort on socialist modernization in line with the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the guidance of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, the Chinese people of all nationalities will continue to adhere to the people's democratic dictatorship and the socialist road, persevere in reform and opening to the outside world, steadily improve socialist institutions, develop socialist democracy, improve the socialist legal system, and work hard and self-reliantly to modernize the country's industry, agriculture, national defence and science and technology step by step to turn China into a socialist country that is prosperous, powerful, democratic and culturally advanced."

Article 4 At the end of the tenth paragraph of the Preamble to the Constitution is added, "The system of the multi-party cooperation and political consultation led by the Communist Party of China will exist and develop for a long time to come."

Article 5 Article 7 of the Constitution, which reads, "The State economy is the sector of socialist economy under ownership by the whole people; it is the leading force in the national economy.
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