No.	Section	Prior to Amendment	As Amended
1	Preamble, paragraph 7	“Under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, . . .”	“Under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of ‘Three Represents’, . . .”
		“. . . to modernize industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology step by step . . .”	“. . . to modernize industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology step by step, and to push a coordinated development of material civilization and political and cultural progress . . .”
2	Preamble, paragraph 10	“. . . In the long years of revolution and construction, there has been formed under the leadership of the Communist Party of China a broad patriotic united front that is composed of democratic parties and people’s organizations, embracing all socialist working people, all patriots who support socialism and all patriots who stand for reunification of the motherland. This united front will continue to be consolidated and developed.”	“. . . In the long years of revolution and construction, there has been formed under the leadership of the Communist Party of China a broad patriotic united front that is composed of democratic parties and people’s organizations, embracing all socialist working people, builders of the socialist cause, all patriots who support socialism and all patriots who stand for reunification of the motherland. This united front will continue to be consolidated and developed.”
3	Article 10, Section 3	“The state may in the public interest take over land for its use in accordance with the law.”	“The state may in the public interest expropriate or take over land for public use and pay compensation in accordance with the law.”
4	Article 11, Section 2	“The state protects the lawful rights and interests of the individual economy. The state guides, helps and supervises the individual economy by exercising administration.”	“The state protects the lawful rights and interests of the private sector of the economy, including individual and private businesses. The state encourages, supports and guides the development of the private sector, and exercises supervision and administration over the sector according to law.”
5	Article 13	“The state protects the right of citizens to own lawfully earned income, savings, houses and other lawful property. The state protects by law the right of citizens to inherit private property.”	“The lawful private property of citizens shall not be encroached upon. The state protects by law the right of citizens to own private property and the right to inherit private property. The state may in the public interest expropriate or take over land for public use and pay compensation in accordance with the law.”
6	Article 14, Section 4 (addition)		“The state establishes and improves the social security system to correspond with the level of economic development.”
7	Article 33, Section 3 (addition)		“The state respects and protects human rights.”
8	Article 59, Section 1	“The National People’s Congress is composed of deputies elected by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, and by the armed forces. All the minority ethnic groups are entitled to appropriate representation.”	“The National People’s Congress is composed of deputies elected by the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly subordinate to the central government and special administrative regions, and by the armed forces. All the minority ethnic groups are entitled to appropriate representation.”
9	Articles 67 (20) *	“To decide on the enforcement of martial law throughout the country or in particular provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the central government;”	“To decide on the declaration of the country as a whole or particular provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the central government under a state of emergency”;
10	Article 80	The President of the People’s Republic of China, in pursuance of decisions of the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee, promulgates statutes; appoints and removes the Premier, Vice-Premiers, State Councilors, Ministers in charge of Ministries or Commissions, and the Auditor-General and the Secretary-General of the State Council; confers state medals and titles of honor; issues orders of special pardons; proclaims martial law; proclaims a state of war; and issues mobilization orders.	The President of the People’s Republic of China, in pursuance of decisions of the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee, promulgates statutes; appoints and removes the Premier, Vice-Premiers, State Councilors, Ministers in charge of Ministries or Commissions, and the Auditor-General and the Secretary-General of the State Council; confers state medals and titles of honor; issues orders of special pardons; declares a state of emergency; proclaims a state of war; and issues mobilization orders.< /SPAN>
11	Article 81	“The President of the People’s Republic of China receives foreign diplomatic representatives on behalf of the People’s Republic of China . . .”	“The President of the People’s Republic of China represents the People’s Republic of China in conducting diplomatic activities and receiving foreign diplomatic representatives . . .”
12	Art. 89 (16)*	“To decide on the enforcement of martial law in parts of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.”	“To decide by law to place parts of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government under a state of emergency.”
13	Article 98	“The term of office of the people’s congresses of provinces, municipalities directly under the central government, counties, cities and municipal districts is five years. The term of office of the people’s congresses of townships, ethnic townships and towns is three years.”	“The term of office of local people’s congresses at various levels is five years.”
14	Chapter IV, Article 136, Section 2 (addition)		Chapter IV. The National Flag, the National Anthem, the National Emblem and the Capital
			“The national anthem of the People’s Republic of China is ‘March of the Volunteers.’”

* Item (20), Article 67 prescribes the functions and powers of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. Item (16), Article 89 prescribes the functions and powers of the State Council.

(China.org.cn March 16, 2004)