Today’s Task

■Prayer■Attendance■Balitaan■Energizer■Review

■Formal Discussion

■Short Quiz (5 items)

■Assignment

PRAYERRecordemos nosotros que estamosEnla sacro santa presencia de DiosEnel nombre del Padre, del Hijo, y del Espiritu Santo.

Amen.Persiguerre Dios Mio enoblecerTodas mis acciones por el amor de ti

Señor San Juan Bautista de La Salle,Ruega por nosotrosQue vive Señor Jesucristo en nuestros corazones,

Para siempre!

TODAY’S DISCUSSION WILL COVER:■CHINA

–Basic Information–Etymology–Geography–Biodiversity–Politics

TODAY’S DISCUSSION WILL COVER:■CHINESE COMMUNISM PARTY

–Basic Information–Ruling Party–Governance–Organization–Symbols

CHINA

CHINA■official name people’s republic of china

■Population over 1.35 billion people

■party-state communist party

■Capital Beijing

■number of province 22

■number of autonomous regions 5

■Number of municipalities 4

■Geographical Size 9.6 million square kilometres making it second largest country by land area

■The word China is thought to have been originally derived from the Sanskrit word Cina which is translated to Persian as Chin

ETYMOLOGY

■China has the longest combined border in the world

■China borders 14 nations

GEOGRAPHY

■China is home to at least 551 species of mammals, 1221 birds, 424 reptiles and 333 amphibians

BIODIVERSITY

■China is a socialist state under the people’s democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants

POLITICS

■Variously described as communist and socialist, but also as authoritarian and corporatist

■China’s constitution declares that is under the leadership of the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

■Founding and ruling party of the People’s Republic of China

■Sole governing party of China, although it coexist alongside eight other legal parties of the United Front

■Founded on 1921

■It grew quickly and on 1949, CPC had driven Koumintang government from Mainland China after a 10-year civil war, thus leading to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

■World’s second largest political party with a membership of 87.79 million as of 2015

■Organized on the basis of democratic centralism

■The highest body of the CPC is the National Congress, convened every fifth year. When the National Congress is not in session, the Central Committee is the highest body.

■The current party leader is Xi Junping, elected at the 18th National Congress held last 2012

■The Chinese Revolution, directed by Mao Zedong and the CPC, led to the establishment of the (PRC) in 1949.

RULING PARTY

■The PRC was founded on Marxist–Leninist principles, or more precisely, the signification of Marxism–Leninism 

■Following Mao's death in 1976, a power struggle between CPC General Secretary Hua Guofeng and Deng Xiaoping erupted. Deng won the struggle, and became the "paramount leader".

■Deng argued that a socialist state could use the market economy without itself being capitalist . In 1997, Deng's beliefs (Deng Xiaoping Theory), were embedded in the CPC constitution

■Collective Leadership■Democratic Centralism■Multi-party Cooperation System

GOVERNANCE

ORGANIZATION■Central Organizations The National Congress is the party's

highest body, and, since the 9th National Congress in 1969, has been convened every five years. The party constitution gives the National Congress six responsibilities:

1) electing the Central Committee;

2) electing the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI);

3) examining the report of the outgoing Central Committee;

4) examining the report of the outgoing CCDI;

5) discussing and enacting party policies; and:

6) revising the party's constitution.

SYMBOLS

According to the Article 53 of the CPC constitution, "the Party emblem and flag are the symbol and sign of the Communist Party of China.