Editing Indirect election (section)

=== China ===
The [[Constitution of the People's Republic of China]] specifies a system of indirect democracy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=中国人大网 |url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.npc.gov.cn}}</ref> The [[National People's Congress]] elects the [[President of the People's Republic of China|president]], also known as the state chairman, who serves as [[List of state representatives of the People's Republic of China|state representative]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Path to 'True' Indirect Democracy in China |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/a-path-to-true-indirect-democracy-in-china/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The power of the presidency is largely ceremonial and has no real power in China's [[Politics of China|political system]], the vast majority of power stems from the president's position as [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] and [[Supreme command of the armed forces in the People's Republic of China|commander-in-chief]] of the [[Central Military Commission (China)|military]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruwitch |first=John |date=March 10, 2023 |title=China's Xi Jinping, as expected, gets 5 more years as state president |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/03/10/1162128750/chinas-xi-jinping-5-more-years-as-president |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=NPR.org}}</ref>