<human>:  Why is it called the People’s Republic of China?
<bot>: The People's Republic of China is called that because the government is run by the people. The government was established in 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party took control of China. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Communist Party had a policy called 'the people's democratic dictatorship,' which meant that they were trying to establish a communist government. In 1949, they established the People's Republic of China.