The current Constitution of the PRC was enacted in 1982 and reflects the model of the first PRC constitution.

The PRC constitution and laws provide for fundamental human rights, including due process, but some have argued that they are often ignored in practice.

His contribution to the Marxist doctrine, a list of guiding ideologies by which the CCP rules China, is called the theory of the Three Represents, which has been written into the constitution of the CPC and Constitution of the PRC constitutions.

Yang sees these two assertions as inherently contradictory: if the NPCSC's power of interpretation arises in the way that the CFA claims it does from the PRC constitution, then such interpretations should be of legislative rather than judicial character, and thus are non-retrospective.

Under the PRC constitution, the President appoints the Premier of the State Council upon the NPC's decision, Vice-Premiers, State Council members and Ministers of all departments upon the nomination of the Premier, and all ambassadors to foreign countries.

Many Muslims set up their own factions to preserve their rights as guaranteed under the PRC constitution.

In theory, the NPC is the highest organ of state power in China, and all four PRC constitutions have vested it with great lawmaking powers.

The legal power of the Communist Party is guaranteed by the PRC constitution and its position as the supreme political authority in the PRC is realised through its comprehensive control of the state, military, and media.

It should also be noted that the wording of the Basic Law on the term of the Chief Executive is substantially different from the articles in the PRC constitution concerning the length of term of the president, premier, etc.

The PRC constitution and laws provide principles for fundamental human rights, but there is general agreement, even among members of the government, that many of these rights are just in principle not fully implemented.