CEVAP:

China’s foreign policy is made by the Chinese Communist Party organs many of which are chaired by the president of State. The head of the
state is also the secretary general of the party and commander in chief of the people’s liberation army. All state bureaucracy dealing with foreign policy is structured in a hierarchic and centralized way. The participation of civil society organizations and other non-state actors in the formulation of China’s foreign policy interests is extremely limited. China is a highly centralized and authoritarian state.