Contemporary

• Government of the People's Republic of China
  Government of the People's Republic of China
  All power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the People's Republic of China, State Council, and the People's Liberation Army . This article is concerned with the formal structure of the state, its departments and their responsibilities...
  
   (1949–present)
• Government of the Republic of China
  Government of the Republic of China
  The Republic of China was formally established by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1912 in Nanjing under the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China but this government was moved to Beijing in the same year and continued as the internationally recognized government of China until 1928. In the history...
  
   (1912–Present)

Historical

• Chinese dynasties
  Dynasties in Chinese history
  The following is a chronology of the dynasties in Chinese history.Chinese history is not as neat as is often described and it was rare for one dynasty to change peacefully into the next. Dynasties were often established before the overthrow of an existing regime, or continued for a time after they...
  
  
• Beiyang Government
  Beiyang Government
  The Beiyang government or warlord government collectively refers to a series of military regimes that ruled from Beijing from 1912 to 1928 at Zhongnanhai. It was internationally recognized as the legitimate Government of the Republic of China. The name comes from the Beiyang Army which dominated...
  
   (1912–1928)
• Chinese Soviet Republic (1931–1934)
• Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1937–1940)
• Reformed Government of the Republic of China (1938–1940)
• Government of the Republic of China—Nanjing
  Wang Jingwei Government
  In March 1940 a puppet government led by Wang Jingwei was established in the Republic of China under the protection of the Empire of Japan. The regime officially called itself the Republic of China and its government the Reorganized National Government of China...
  
   (1940–1945)

See also

• Chinese political parties of the past
• Government of the Han Dynasty
  Government of the Han Dynasty
  The Han Dynasty of ancient China was the second imperial dynasty of China, following the Qin Dynasty . It was divided into the periods of Western Han and Eastern Han , briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of Wang Mang...
  
  
• Politics of the People's Republic of China
  Politics of the People's Republic of China
  The politics of the People's Republic of China take place in a framework of a single-party socialist republic. The leadership of the Communist Party is stated in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China...
  
  
• Politics of the Republic of China
  Politics of the Republic of China
  The politics of the Republic of China ,takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is head of state and the premier is head of government, and of a dominant party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative...
  
  
• Constituents of historical governments of China before 1912:
  • Chancellor of China
    Chancellor of China
    The Chancellor , variously translated as Prime Minister, Chancellor of State, Premier or Chief Councillor, was a generic name given to the highest-ranking official in the imperial government in ancient China...
    
    
  • Emperor of China
    Emperor of China
    The Emperor of China refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning between the founding of Qin Dynasty of China, united by the King of Qin in 221 BCE, and the fall of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China in 1916. When referred to as the Son of Heaven , a title that predates the Qin unification, the...
    
    
  • Imperial examinations
  • Nine Ministers
    Nine Ministers
    The Nine Ministers was the collective name for nine high officials in the imperial government of the Han Dynasty , who each headed a specialized ministry and were subordinates to the Three Councillors of State...
    
    
  • Grand Secretariat
    Grand Secretariat
    The Grand Secretariat was nominally a coordinating agency but de facto the highest institution in the Ming imperial government. It first took shape after Emperor Hongwu abolished the office of Chancellor in 1380 and gradually evolved into an effective coordinating organ superimposed on the Six...
    
    
  • Three Departments and Six Ministries
    Three Departments and Six Ministries
    The Three Departments and Six Ministries system was the main central administrative system adopted in ancient China. The system first took shape after the Western Han Dynasty , was officially instituted in Sui Dynasty , and matured during Tang Dynasty...
    
    
  • Three Excellencies
    Three Excellencies
    The Three Ducal Ministers , also translated as the Three Dukes, Three Excellencies, or the Three Lords, was the collective name for the three highest officials in ancient China...
    
    
• Two Chinas
  Two Chinas
  The term Two Chinas refers to the two states with "China" in their official names: People's Republic of China , commonly known as "China", established in 1949, controlling mainland China and two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau...