The Constitutional Amendment is arguably the most important part of this year’s Two Sessions, the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Why does China’s “New Era” demand numerous constitutional changes? What is the influence of those changes? And how important are the provisions of the Constitutional Amendment in enabling China to continue its remarkable development? Robert Lawrence Kuhn discussed this with Zhang Sujun, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the NPC.

“I believe the influence of the Amendment will be absolutely profound. First, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which is the guiding ideology of the Party, will be listed as the guiding ideology that the 1.3 billion people nationwide must abide by. This will bring the whole population together and encourage them to work together to achieve the Chinese Dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The original methodology of “One Government with Supreme People’s Procuratorate and Supreme People’s Court” shall be changed into “One Government with National Supervisory Commission, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, and Supreme People’s Court”, which makes the country's governance more complete and at the same time more efficient. It can lead to long-term peace and stability of the country and make sure that we all follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, steadily, efficiently, and rapidly. In addition, in this Constitutional Amendment, the country’s governance system and governance methods have been adjusted in various ways. In particular, the establishment of the monitoring system, the National Supervisory Commission, will further improve the country’s political power structure and the formation of state institutions.”