In fact, the Constitution omits all references to the Cultural Revolution and restates CCP Chairman Mao Zedong's contributions in accordance with a major historical reassessment produced in June 1981 at the Sixth Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee, the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party since the Founding of the People's Republic of China.

The 1982 State Constitution provided a legal basis for the broad changes in China's social and economic institutions and significantly revised government structure.

"[7]: 7–8 Article 35 of the 1982 Constitution proclaims that "citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession, and of demonstration.

In February 1980, following the Democracy Wall period, the four bigs were abolished in response to a party decision ratified by the National People's Congress.

The widespread expression of the four big rights during the student protests of late 1986 elicited the regime's strong censure because of their illegality.

The official response cited Article 53 of the 1982 Constitution, which states that citizens must abide by the law and observe labor discipline and public order.

Besides being illegal, practicing the four big rights offered the possibility of straying into criticism of the CCP, which was in fact what appeared in student wall posters.

[citation needed] The aforementioned ratio of vote power has been readjusted to 1:1 by an amendment to the election law passed in March 2010.

Xi is also the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the de facto top position in CCP ruling China without term limit.

"[5] The leadership of the CCP is now constitutionally enshrined as the "defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics", and therefore it establishes one-party rule as an end-in-itself.

[23][non-primary source needed] Unlike many Western legal systems, courts do not have the power of judicial review and cannot invalidate a statute on the grounds that it violates the constitution.

However, in one case, after media outcry over the death of Sun Zhigang the State Council was forced to rescind regulations allowing police to detain persons without residency permits after the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) made it clear that it would rule such regulations unconstitutional.