What is the significance of Constitutional Amendment?
By CGTN's Robert L. Kuhn
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China's National People's Congress, the country’s national legislature, adopted Sunday an amendment to the country's Constitution. The amendment enables the Constitution to keep up with the times by including new achievements, experiences, and requirements of the Party and the country's development as socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. What is the necessity and significance of this Constitutional amendment? How will it affect political stability? CGTN commentator Robert Lawrence Kuhn provides an insight.  
The third plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2018. /Xinhua Photo

The third plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2018. /Xinhua Photo

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