TheConstitutionofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaisthesupremelegaldocumentofthecountry,adoptedonDecember4,1982,bytheFifthNationalPeople'sCongress.ItservesasthefoundationforthesocialistlegalsystemwithChinesecharacteristicsandoutlinesthebasicprinciples,politicalstructure,andfundamentalrightsanddutiesofcitizens.TheConstitutionestablishesChinaasasocialiststateunderthepeople'sdemocraticdictatorship,ledbytheworkingclassandbasedontheallianceofworkersandpeasants.ItdefinestheleadershiproleoftheCommunistPartyofChinaandtheguidanceofMarxism-Leninism,MaoZedongThought,DengXiaopingTheory,andotherimportantpoliticaltheories.TheEnglishversionoftheConstitutionprovidesanofficialtranslationforinternationalreferenceandunderstandingofChina'slegalframeworkandgovernancesystem.Ithasbeenamendedseveraltimestoreflectthenation'sdevelopmentandprogress,withthemostrecentamendmentsmadein2018.TheConstitutionguaranteesfundamentalrightstoChinesecitizenswhileemphasizingtheunityofrightsandobligations.Italsospecifiestheorganizationandfunctionsofstateorgans,includingtheNationalPeople'sCongress,thePresident,theStateCouncil,andthejudicialsystem.
