The form of national structure is a form that shows the relationship between the whole and parts of a country, but it is not a part of the whole.
What principles and ways should the ruling class of the country divide the state administrative units and adjust the relationship between the whole and its components, that is, the central government and local governments?
What it shows is a kind of right relationship, that is, the division of authority.
Throughout the modern world, the forms of state structure can be divided into unitary system and federalism.
Two. classify
1. Single State Structure
It is a unified centralized country composed of several ordinary administrative units or self-made units that do not enjoy independent sovereignty.
Its main feature is that there is only a unified legislature and a central government. As long as there is a constitution, there is a unified nation and a unified national subject qualification in foreign relations.
At present, most countries in the world adopt this form of national structure.
China is a unitary state structure.
2. Form of federal state structure
It refers to an alliance country composed of several independent sovereign units (such as * * * and China, states and states, etc.). Its main feature is that in addition to the federal constitution and the federal central government, each member unit also has its own constitution and central government. Citizens of federal countries have both federal nationality and the nationality of member units. In foreign relations, except for a few federations, federal member units generally do not have the qualification of subject of international law.
The form of national structure is determined by the historical and ethnic conditions of each country. The form of national structure cannot fundamentally determine the nature of the country.
Three. China's State Structure Form
This is a unified, multi-ethnic and unitary country.