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CHINESE GOVERNMENT BY JOE PYNE Conventional Name- People's Republic of China Type of Government- Communist state Capital-Beijing Time Difference - UTC +8(13 hours ahead of Washingon D.C.) Independence- 221 BC (unification under the Qin Dynasty); 1 January 1912 (Qing Dynasty replaced by the Republic of China); 1 October 1949 (People's Republic of China established) National Holiday- October 1( Anniversary of the founding of The People's Republic of China) Constitution- most recent promulgation 4 December 1982 with amendments in 1988, 1993, 2004 Suffrage- 18 years of age Executive Branch- chief of state, head of government, cabinet Legal System-based on a civil law system Political Groups- Chinese Communist Party(CCP) is the only political party, there are 8 others contolled by CCP