Pokatskiy Pavel Evgenievich , Khamnuev Yuliy Grigorievich

Examines the evolution of China’s constitutional doctrine, from Marxist tenets to the concept of “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” The influence of this doctrine on the country’s constitutional development is analyzed. It is noted that Chinese constitutionalism is grounded in political and ideological discourse. Two stages in the evolution of constitutional doctrine are distinguished: the Maoist stage, based on classical Marxism-Leninism, and socialism with Chinese characteristics, associated with the reform theories of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping. It is established that as the constitutional doctrine of “socialism with Chinese characteristics” evolved, its content incorporated the most important principles of modern constitutionalism, such as the rule of law, the supremacy of the constitution, and respect for and observance of human rights

China, constitutionalism, socialism, constitutional doctrine, socialism with Chinese characteristics

Pokatskiy Pavel Evgenievich – Postgraduate Student in the Department of Constitutional and International Law, Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University (24A, Smolin st., Ulan-Ude, 670000, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0001-5605-4185, e-mail: pokatskiy1998@mail.ru

Khamnuev Yuliy Grigorievich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Constitutional and International Law, Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University (24A, Smolin st., Ulan-Ude, 670000, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0003-0644-3830, RSCI Author ID: 464655, e-mail: hamnuev_yug@mail.ru

Pokatsky P.E., Khamnuev Yu.G. Ideologicheskie osnovy i yuridicheskoe soderzhanie evolyutsii konstitutsionnoy doktriny KNR [Ideological Foundations and Legal Content of the Evolution of the Constitutional Doctrine of the PRC] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2026, no 2 (113), pp. 32–37. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2026.2.32 (in Russian).

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