Chinese Government Structure

I am quite convinced that most people are wondering: what is the structure of the Chinese government? The "dragon" is large and quite complex, so I tried to simplify it a bit for us, Westerners, and our limited capacity of understanding complex administrative structures.

The first flow chart explains the administrative structure of the Chinese government and the different government departments, institutions and agencies needed in order to run this large "enterprise" called China:


The following chart shows the administrative structure of the regional administrative bodies in China:


I hope this simple map will make it easier to navigate the vastly complex Chinese governmental departments and agencies landscape and reduce the personal "institutional void" for each and one of us.

The next post will bring some clarity to Mao's life and role in China's evolution from Empire to Communist Super Power.