The Consensus and Strength of Unity and Struggle (Observer's View) China | People | Observer

Throughout the process of people's democracy, we adhere to the position of the people as the mainstay, always putting the interests of the people first, fully mobilizing their subjective initiative, and making all the people think and work together to achieve the goal of building a socialist modernized strong country in all respects.

The development of people's democracy throughout the process can effectively mobilize the people's spirit of being the masters of Chinese path to modernization. The whole process of people's democracy not only has a wide range of participating subjects, but also guarantees that the people enjoy a wide range of democratic rights. It is the most extensive, authentic, and effective democracy that can ensure that billions of people are the masters of their own affairs. The Constitution of our country stipulates that "all power of the People's Republic of China belongs to the people" and "the people, in accordance with the law, manage state affairs, economic and cultural undertakings, and social affairs through various channels and forms.". The whole process of people's democracy ensures that state power is equally enjoyed by all people. Taking democratic elections as an example, the county and township level people's congress elections, which were carried out from the first half of 2021 to the end of June 2022, involve 1.064 billion voters and are the most extensive and vivid democratic practice. In our country, the people have the right to vote and be elected in accordance with the law, as well as the right to be informed, participate, express themselves, and supervise national and social affairs. They have full democratic rights in various aspects such as economy, politics, culture, society, and environment. With the development of the times, the connotation and extension of the rights enjoyed by the people continue to enrich and expand. The vast majority of the people are the masters of the country, society, and their own destiny. They strive for themselves, the country, and the nation, contribute to modernization construction, and share modernization achievements. The enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the people in participating in socialist modernization construction are fully mobilized.

The development of people's democracy throughout the process can orderly promote the broad and sustained participation of the people in the construction of Chinese path to modernization. The whole process of people's democracy has rich democratic forms and diverse democratic channels, and people's participation is extensive and sustained. From the top-level design of national development, the management of social public affairs, to the resolution of practical problems around us, the people are involved in expressing their opinions and demands. The voice of the people can be heard in all aspects of the country's political and social life. The people's will is transformed into the Party's and the country's policies and concrete and vivid practices through legal procedures. The people are orderly involved in the great cause of Chinese path to modernization. For example, during the drafting process of the "14th Five Year Plan" proposal draft, the Party Central Committee publicly solicited opinions from the general public and various sectors of society, and opened a suggestion column on online platforms. The online solicitation of opinions received more than one million suggestions, some of which were accepted in different ways. In grassroots life, the people have explored and created democratic forms such as "direct communication of people's feelings", "small courtyard conference halls", and "online conference groups". People participate in practical problem-solving involving their own interests through these grounded and popular forms of democracy. Democratic practices are integrated into people's daily work and life, and the entire society is full of vitality and vitality.

The development of people's democracy throughout the process can effectively pool the consensus and strength to promote Chinese path to modernization. The human heart is the greatest political force, and consensus is the driving force for progress. Unity and struggle are the key to achieving great success. The whole process of people's democracy combines the two important forms of democracy, electoral democracy and consultative democracy, grasps the true essence of democracy, develops consultative democracy, adheres to the principle of discussing things easily and allowing everyone to discuss their own matters, promotes democracy, brainstorming, unifies thinking, and consolidates consensus. Give full play to the role of the People's Political Consultative Conference as a specialized consultative body, effectively organize people from all parties, groups, ethnic groups, social classes, and all walks of life to discuss national affairs, promote broad unity, promote multi-party cooperation, and practice people's democracy in consultations. Throughout the process, people's democracy realizes the coordination and unity of wills and interests from all aspects, achieves unity and solidarity among all parties on the basis of common ideas, common interests, and common goals, maximizes the mobilization of all positive factors, unites all people who can be united, and makes the Party, the country, and the people an organic whole with the same goals, interests, mutual integration, and solidarity, and strives to achieve the great dream.

China has completed the industrialization process that developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years in just a few decades, achieving tremendous economic development achievements while maintaining long-term social harmony and stability. How can we create miracles on earth? The strong unity and development power of the people's democratic cohesion throughout the entire process is an important "password". In the process of promoting Chinese path to modernization, if we want to overcome various risks and challenges on the way forward, and continue to achieve new development and new breakthroughs, we must pool the great power of more than 1.4 billion people. We must adhere to the organic unity of the leadership of the Party, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law, improve a comprehensive, extensive, and organically connected system of people being the masters of the country, expand diverse, smooth, and orderly democratic channels, expand orderly political participation of the people from all levels and fields, and consolidate and develop a vibrant, stable, and united political situation. The development of people's democracy throughout the process will fully stimulate and rally the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of all Chinese people, and promote the beautiful vision of Chinese path to modernization to become a reality step by step.