User:Mjmakepeace/Electric vehicle industry in China
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The People's Republic of China is led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and headed by Xi Jinping. The Chinese political system does not consist of freely elected leaders. Both elections and removals are decided by the National People's Congress (NPC) by majority vote.[1] This means that someone can only be elected at the local level and not the national level.[1] The NPC is the highest state body in China.[2] China is only one of the few places that do not hold free and fair elections at a national level. The NPC has the power to remove the President and other state officials from office.[3] The current President of the People's Republic of China is Xi Jinping. He became China's Presidential leader in 2013, after being hand-picked to become the heir of predecessor Hu Jintao.[4] President Xi is currently the seventh President of the People's Republic of China. President Xi is allowed to stay in power for his lifetime which means he can be President until he dies or unless he takes the unlikely decision to step-down for health or other personal reasons. Either way, President Xi will only be replaced should he chose to be replaced. However, there is always the chance of political coup in China, albeit very unlikely given the current social climate and nationalism contained in country.
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China is currently the number one country in the world in terms of overall population size. As of May 18th 2022, China currently has 1.4 billion citizens.[5] India has a close second behind China in their population size. According to The Economic Times, "Chinese demographers say India will become the world's most populous country earlier than the United Nations' projection of 2027, surpassing China where a steady drop in the birth rate has been recorded in the last few years". [6] Given the population size of China, it has the potential to make an immediate impact on the global climate crisis. If China is able to make a shift and have all of their citizens only use electric vehicles instead of gas, that would help relieve some of the climate crisis and make a positive impact on the climate emergency. China needs to demonstrate on the world stage that they are committed to doing their part to cure the climate. While China has stated that they have aspirations to achieve a new carbon footprint, by 2060 it still remains to be seen if China will be able to achieve its goals. China's population makes up 18.47% of the world's population not including any other country.[4] Even if only China and India use electric vehicles, they would still have a combined population sizes that make up 36% of the world.[7] This would be a step in order for the rest of the world to follow in their footsteps and help solve the climate crisis. Given the current climate, government imposed lockdowns and Chinas policy around zero tolerance for COVID-19 cases that may have a major impact on their ability to achieve. On one hand, every day factories are closed in China due to the virus it is another day that the earth gets to breathe. On the other hand, it has global implications which are driving supply challenges for the rest of the world. In addition to the complications in China at the time of this writing, the world is in an uneasy position with the invasion of Russia to Ukraine cutting off supply lines of gas to other parts of the world. While commitments have been made by other countries to reduce carbon emissions, it appears that the world is not prepared to quickly move off of its reliance on fossil fuels.