Constitution is a social contract from the beginning. Its purpose is to protect people's inherent rights. Therefore, the modern national constitution generally has two contents:

First, the distribution of state power and the establishment of state institutions;

The second is the basic rights of citizens. The first content "decentralization" serves the second content "civil rights protection". Therefore, the Constitution embodies, guarantees and realizes the rights of citizens.

However, because China's Constitution is an imitation of the Soviet Constitution, it is somewhat different from the Western Constitution. Its content is too complicated, and its economy, politics, culture and society are mixed, which weakens its characteristics of safeguarding rights.

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Constitutional principles:

(1) principle of people's sovereignty

Article 2 of our Constitution stipulates: "All power in People's Republic of China (PRC) belongs to the people.

The organs where the people exercise state power are the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at various levels. The people manage state affairs, economic and cultural undertakings and social affairs through various channels and forms according to law. "

(2) Basic human rights principles

The constitutional amendment in 2004 stipulated that "the state respects and protects human rights", thus establishing the basic principles of human rights.

(3) the principle of rule of law

1999 constitutional amendment stipulates that "People's Republic of China (PRC) will govern the country according to law and build a socialist country ruled by law", and the rule of law has also become one of the basic principles of our constitution.

(4) The principle of power restriction or democratic centralism?

Article 3 of the Constitution of China stipulates: "State organs in People's Republic of China (PRC) practice the principle of democratic centralism.