Before the founding of new China China what constitutional

One, the Qing government in 1908 announced the "imperial constitution outline", is divided into two part of "the monarch of the power" and "subjects of rights and obligations", a total of twenty-three, set the supreme imperial power, autocratic monarchy principle.

In 1911, after the Wuchang uprising, the Qing Dynasty tried to resist the revolution with a constitutional monarchy, the feudal rule to survive, and published the "nineteen major tenets", although made concession in the problem of the imperial power, but with the "Outline" still be of the same mould.

Xin Hai revolution two, Sun Zhongshan overthrew the Qing Dynasty second years, namely March 11, 1912, announced the "provisional constitution of the Republic of China", consists of seven chapters (general, people, the Senate, the vice president, President of the provisional state, court, annex), fifty-six. The nature of the "provisional constitution" with bourgeois republic constitution, revolutionary democracy. Although incomplete, flawed, but in that period there is a sense of progress. Later, Yuan Shikai usurped the Xin Hai the fruits of the revolution, "provisional constitution" was torn.

Three, during the period of the Northern Warlords released the "constitution of the Republic of China draft" in 1913, because of the drafting of the Tiantan in Beijing temple, also known as the "Tiantan constitution draft", a total of eleven chapters one hundred and thirteen. Soon, Yuan Shikai conspiracy to proclaim oneself emperor, to force the dissolution of Parliament was abolished, draft. Yuan Shikai announced the "Republic of China Constitution" in 1914, a total of ten chapters sixty-eight, President Yuan Shikai called the implementation of personal dictatorship, the monopoly power of the. In 1923, warlord Cao Kun of bribery to each ticket price of five thousand yuan, the bribery of members elected Cao Kun as president. At the same time, in less than seven days, making the so-called "constitution of the Republic of China", a total of thirteen chapters one hundred and forty-one, the constitution was known as the "constitution of bribery".

Four, Jiang Jieshi of the national government in order to give the dictatorship labeled "Fa" label, published in 1931 the "constitution of the Republic of China," the period of political tutelage, a total of eight chapters eighty-nine, it is in the name of "political tutelage", adhere to the one party dictatorship, deprivation of political rights and freedoms of people. In May 5, 1936, the national government at the National People's universal demand democracy, solidarity, anti pressure, "the people" fooled by propaganda, published the "constitution of the Republic of China" is the "five five draft constitution", a total of eight chapters one hundred and forty-eight. In 1947, the national government in order to give all-out war making legal basis, a pseudo National Congress, formulated and published the "constitution of the Republic of China", a total of fourteen chapters one hundred and seventy-five.

Five, the leadership of the Communist Party of Chinese people to make first constitution was promulgated in 1934, "the Outline Constitution of Chinese Soviet Republic", adopted by the second National Congress of the Soviet Ruijin in Jiangxi. The outline constitution consists of seventeen articles, to determine the nature of the regime is the worker peasant democratic dictatorship, the task is to destroy all remnants of feudalism, away the imperialist forces in China China, unified, complete the democratic revolution and create conditions for a future transition to socialist revolution.

Since then, with the establishment and development of the revolutionary base, in different historical periods, Chinese under the leadership of the Communist Party of the people's government has issued some important constitutional documents. A representative is: in 1941 by the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region Second Council of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region through a "constitutional principles", a total of five parts, twenty-five.