Why is the Qing Dynasty in China considered Feudalistic?

From my understanding of the Qing Dynasty (and a few more dyansties before it as well), the Empire (under the Emperor) owned all land. Power and responsibilities were delegated to state elected bureaucrats who control either a geographic region or an aspect of government. (pretty much like modern day governors and secretaries).

From my knowledge, there were no fiefdoms, nobles, warrior-lords (knights), nor exchange of land for protection deals between the multiple layers of government.

The Qing Dynasty seems more like a monarchical federalist bureaucracy than feudalism. Why is it still considered the feudalistic era of Chinese history?

In fact I feel like Qing Dynasty's system of government management is almost as far from feudalism as you can get. If anything it's closer to the system in America today than to feudalism. The only real difference is the lack of elections, but that's a difference in monarchy vs democracy not in the system of management.