The (Saigon October 20), December 4, 1982, the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People's Congress adopted a new constitution.

1982, the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People's Congress through the enactment of the new Constitution. The new constitution was enacted in the first session of the National People's Congress in 1954 enacted the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, and after several revisions based on. (L $ j��.c��) guiding ideology of the four cardinal principles, adhere to the socialist road, uphold the people's democratic dictatorship, adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought. The full text of the first column in the preamble, the following sub-Master, the fundamental rights and duties of citizens, national institutions, the national flag and the national emblem, the capital of four chapters, a total of 138. The Constitution stipulates that the fundamental task of the state in the future is to concentrate its effort on socialist modernization and build China into a highly civilized and highly democratic socialist country. The Constitution stipulates that the People's Republic of China is led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants, the people's democratic dictatorship and socialist countries; socialist system is the fundamental system of our country. All power belongs to the people of the country; which the people exercise state power through the National People's Congress and Local People's Congress. National institutions to implement the principle of democratic centralism. Equality of all nationalities. The Constitution makes provision for the National People's Congress, the President, the State Council, the Central Military Commission, the local people's congresses at all levels, the people's governments at all levels, the Organization of the People's Court and the People's Procuratorate and the terms of reference are. (L $ j��.c��)