Chinese constitutionalism – the recent amendments to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China

Abstract

The article presents the latest amendments to the PRC Constitution and their meaning in a wider context. In the first and second part of the article, the content of the PRC Constitution as worded before the amendment from March 2018 is presented. The third part focuses on the amendments introduced on 11 March 2018. The last part summarizes the most significant changes and points out the meaning of the changes for the Chinese legal system.