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Pledging allegiance

CHINESE government officials must pledge their allegiance to the country’s Constitution before taking office from now on.

According to the CPC Central Committee’s decision on major issues concerning advancing the rule of law, all officials elected or appointed by the people’s congresses and their standing committees at both national and local levels must in the future take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution in public.

December 4 is to be China’s Constitution Day, and education initiatives on the Constitution must be promoted to raise public awareness, the committee said.

China’s current Constitution was adopted in1982 based on a previous version enacted in 1954.


 

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