The
Constitution of the People's Republic of China is nominally the
supreme law within the
People's Republic of China. The current version was adopted by the
5th National People's Congress on December 4, 1982, with further revisions in 1988, 1993, 1999, and 2004. Three previous state constitutions—those of
1954,
1975, and
1978—were superseded in turn. The current constitution is China's twelfth constitution since 1911. See a timeline of all previous constitutions and amendments [https://www.constituteproject.org/ontology/chronology?lang=en here]. The
Constitution has five sections which are the preamble, general principles, fundamental rights and duties of citizens, structure of the state (which includes such state organs as the National People's Congress, the State Council, the Local People's Congress and Local People's Governments and the People's Courts and the People's Procuratorates), the national flag and the emblems of the state.