As a result, under current CPC General Secretary and President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, the PRC has initiated policies to address these issues of equitable distribution of resources, but the outcome remains to be seen.

The evolution of CPC ideology has gone through a number of defining changes that it no longer bears much resemblance to its founding principles.

Some believe that the large amount of economic liberalization starting from the late 1970s to present, indicates that the CPC has transitioned to endorse economic neoliberalism.

An example of a well-known group, until recently armed, that looks to Mao's principles is the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ) who the current CPC has publicly opposed.

As a result, the CPC has recently taken sweeping measures to regain support from the countryside, with limited success.

Many observers from both within and outside of China have argued that the CPC has taken gradual steps towards democracy and transparency, hence arguing that it is best to give it time and room to evolve into a better government that is more responsive to its people rather than forcing an abrupt change with all the deleterious effects such a loss of stability might entail.

As a slur, the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) has used the term " ultra-left " more broadly to denounce any orientation it considers further " left " than the party line.

Due to its particularly severe violations of religious freedom, the United States has designated Burma a Country of Particular Concern ( CPC ) under the International Religious Freedom Act.

However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Shandong Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the " Shandong CPC Party Chief ".

Since 1993, the President has also been the General Secretary of CPC who is generally responsible for establishing general policy and direction of the state and leaves responsibility for the implementation details to the Premier of the People's Republic of China, the head of government.

In recent years, there has been a division of responsibilities between the Premier and the General Secretary of CPC wherein the Premier is responsible for the technical details of implementing government policy while the General Secretary gathers the political support necessary for government policy.

However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Guizhou Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the " Guizhou CPC Party Chief ".

However, in the Autonomous Region's dual party-government governing system, the Chairman has less power than the Communist Party of China Ningxia Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the " Ningxia CPC Party Chief ".

Other formats he has composed for include Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Atari XL, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

After the 16th Party Congress in 2002, he has been a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, a member of its Politburo and of the Politburo Standing Committee ( PSC ), the Party's central decision making body, and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.

From 1989 on, he has been Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

However, as Jiang has now retired from all of his positions at the 4th Plenary Meeting of 16th National Congress of the CPC, Hu is now the legitimate paramount leader of the CPC.

This conservative thrust has probably been generated in response to the strong competition the CPC faces in most of its locales for a lower-to-middle-class constituency from groups like the Southern Baptist Convention, charismatic or Pentecostal faiths, and newer non-denominational fellowships.

As the denomination has become more conservative, some of its more liberal ministers and members have transferred membership to the Presbyterian Church ( USA ), thereby intensifying already-present theological and social tendencies in the remaining CPC faithful toward evangelicalism.

Since 1999 the Secretary of State has designated Iran as a " Country of Particular Concern " ( CPC ) under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for its particularly egregious violations of religious freedom.

In the past two decades the National Congress of the CPC has been pivotal at least as a symbolic part of leadership changes in the People's Republic of China, and therefore has gained international media attention.

During its lifetime, the CPC series sold approximately three million units.

In 1927, Chiang turned on the CPC and relentlessly chased the CPC armies and its leaders from their bases in southern and eastern China.

After a lengthy civil war, the CPC defeated its primary rival, the Kuomintang ( KMT ), and assumed full control of mainland China by 1949.

At first a conventional member of the international Communist movement, the CPC broke with its counterpart in the Soviet Union over ideological differences in the 1960s.

The continued dominance of the CPC, as with the parties of the last communist states ( all in Asia and Latin America ), can be attributed in part to its anti-colonial and " national liberation " credentials, burnished by its participation in events such as the Anti-Japanese War and the Korean War.

Though the CPC charges a limited due on its members for its expenditure, its total amount would be insignificant for the continued operation of this hegemony.

In 2004 the U. S. State Department declared Eritrea a Country of Particular Concern ( CPC ) for its alleged record of religious persecution.

In 1990, Marmite Limited — which had become a subsidiary of Bovril Limited — was bought by CPC International Inc, which changed its name to Best Foods Inc in 1998.

In general, developments in the Second Sino-Japanese War were to the advantage of the CPC, as their guerilla war effort had won them popular support within the Japanese-occupied areas while the KMT's burden to defend China against main Japanese assaults due to its status as the legal government of China proved costly to Chiang Kai-shek and his troops.

The Second Red Army began its own withdrawal west from Hubei in November 1935, led by He Long, who commanded the KMT Twentieth Army in 1923 before joining the Communist Party of China ( CPC ).

According to the proposal outlined by CPC General secretary and President Jiang Zemin in 1995, Taiwan would lose sovereignty and the right to self-determination, but would be permitted to keep its armed forces and to send a representative to be the " number two leader " in the PRC central government.

In April 2002, the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) noted both active efforts on the part of Taiwan to push ahead its Taiwanization policy and intensified United States-Taiwan military cooperation.

In response, the CPC publicly reminded its military to be prepared to achieve its goal of " Chinese reunification " ( intended to mean making Taiwan a part of the People's Republic of China ) through military means.

On 6 October, less than a month after Mao's death, anti-Gang of Four leaders with Hua at its core executed the arrest of Jiang Qing and her followers, as word came out that the Gang of Four was to soon wage a military coup against the Hua leadership of the CPC.

The Hundred Flowers Campaign, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement, () refers to a period in 1956 in the People's Republic of China during which the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) encouraged its citizens to openly express their opinions of the communist regime.

Intellectuals and others were suggesting radical ideas such as: " the CPC should give up power ," " intellectuals are virtually being tortured while living in a communist society ," " there is a total lack of freedom if the CPC is to continue on ruling the country ," " the country should separate with each Political Party controlling a zone of its own " and " Each political party in China should rule in transitional governments, each with a 4 year term.

On 28 May 2008, Hu met with KMT chairman Wu Poh-hsiung, the first meeting between the heads of the CPC and the KMT as ruling parties.

In May 1926, Liu joined the CPC and was appointed military commissioner of Chongqing.

In May 1921 this wing founded the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( CPC ).

In April 1946, it was decided on the 132nd Meeting of CPC Hebei Provincial Committee to set up Tangshan City and on May 5 of the same year, Tangshan Municipal government was founded.

The IBM Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator or CPC was announced by IBM in May 1949.

In May of the same year, he took over Anhui Province as CPC 1st Secretary and Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee ( i. e., government ).

* American delegation to the Third Consultative Conference of the CPC ( ML ), May 18 – 25, 1974.

In the same year, Qin joined the May 30th Movement for protest and boycott against imperialism ; and he joined the CPC before long.

On May 28, 2008, Hu met with KMT chairman Wu Po-hsiung, the first meeting between the heads of the CPC and the KMT as ruling parties.