ABSTRACT
In China, the concept of "government" usually refers to the "national administrative organs." The central government refers to the State Council, "the highest organ of state administration." The key issue of socialist political systems is the party-government relationship. In socialist countries, the non-separation of party and government and the party as government are the norms. The system of collective leadership within the party's supreme leading body must be changed to ensure that party and government functions are genuinely separated. In China, the Soviet Union, and some other socialist countries, this "government over government" is the day-to-day supreme leading body of the party, i.e., the presidium or political bureau of the central committee. The leading body usually consists of members of the party's political bureau, or the presidium of the central committee of the party. In China, Mao Zedong's striving to secure lifelong tenure and strengthen his personal power clashed with the Chinese Communist Party system of collective leadership.
