The Era Value of Full Process People's Democracy
Author: He Sipeng
Democracy, as a product of the development of human political civilization to a certain stage, not only reflects the institutional form of a country, but also highlights the deep value pursuit of a country.
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The cognition and exploration of Marxist classical writers on the theory of proletarian democracy provide scientific guidance for the CPC to construct the theory of people's democracy. In the view of Marx and Engels, the first step of the worker's revolution was to elevate the proletariat to the ruling class and strive for democracy. On this basis, create a new and higher type of state form and a new and higher type of democracy that is fundamentally different from bourgeois countries, and use this new type of state form and democracy to create all conditions, gradually transitioning to communist society.
The long-standing and profound political and cultural heritage of our country has provided rich cultural nourishment for the formation and development of the concept of people's democracy throughout the entire process. The concept of "democracy" in the entire process of people's democracy is closely linked to the "people-oriented" and "great harmony" ideas in traditional Chinese culture, which are also the origin and foundation of modern "democracy" concepts. It can be said that the entire process of people's democracy is rooted in the excellent traditional political and cultural soil of China, and constantly shines with new vitality and vigor in the political practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The hard exploration and unremitting struggle of the CPC for democracy over a hundred years has laid a solid practical foundation for the proposition of the people's democratic concept throughout the process. A party history of over a hundred years is a history of unwavering pursuit, realization, and development of people's democracy. Our party has always held high the banner of people's democracy, led the people in unremitting exploration and struggle, continuously developed socialist democracy, and ensured that the people enjoy broad and genuine democratic rights.
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The more than 100 years of struggle of the CPC has fully demonstrated that safeguarding people's democracy is not only an inevitable requirement for the CPC people to practice their original mission, but also an important foundation to ensure the long-term governance of the Party.
The whole process of people's democracy lies in the "full chain" of democratic procedures, which means that democratic elections, democratic consultations, democratic decision-making, democratic management, democratic supervision and other links are closely linked and interrelated. The whole process of people's democracy not only has a complete institutional procedure, but also a complete participation practice, running through the entire process from election, consultation, decision-making, management to supervision. The people not only participate in voting and elections, but also in various aspects such as public affairs consultation and supervision of the operation of public power, and have a sustained and extensive right to participate in political and social life. The second is the "omni-directional" approach in the field of democracy, which focuses on all activities in all fields and links of the CPC's governance, aiming at safeguarding and realizing the broad rights of the people in the economic, political, cultural, social and ecological fields, so that the Chinese people can truly become the masters of the country, society and their own destiny. The third is reflected in the "full coverage" of democratic subjects, which includes both the "full coverage" of democratic subjects and the "full coverage" of participation content. Under the comprehensive leadership of the Party, the equal participation of diverse social subjects expresses the deep logical structure of socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics, always organically unifying the adherence to Party leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law. The three aspects complement and deeply couple, and are unified in the great practice of socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on people's democracy in the whole process is very rich in connotation and of great significance, organically unifying the party's propositions, the will of the state, and the will of the people, making a new interpretation of the theory of socialist democratic politics. it also points out the direction of development for the practice of socialist democratic politics.
The whole process of people's democracy is the latest achievement of the sinicization and modernization of Marxist democratic theory. The proposal of the new concept of full process people's democracy is theoretically an inheritance and innovation of Marxist democratic political views. In practice, it realizes the unity of process democracy and outcome democracy, procedural democracy and substantive democracy, direct democracy and indirect democracy, people's democracy and national consciousness, and meets the people's needs for democratic political life. Under the comprehensive leadership of the Party, the entire process of people's democracy is smoothly promoted, and people's demands are reflected and responded to in democratic political practice. This is a benign process of democratic political operation.
The whole process of people's democracy promotes the construction of a socialist democratic discourse system with Chinese characteristics. The concept of people's democracy throughout the entire process originates from Marxist democratic theory and is cast into the more than 100 year journey of revolution, construction, and reform led by the Party. It is a unique new form of democracy with Chinese characteristics, a criticism and transcendence of Western democratic discourse hegemony, and a breakthrough in people's misconceptions, infatuation, and superstition about "Western style democracy". The CPC holds high the banner of socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics, develops people's democracy throughout the process, uses a series of original words to creatively interpret and define democracy, and builds a socialist democracy discourse system with Chinese characteristics. The willingness and enthusiasm of the masses of the people to participate in democratic politics continue to rise, the institutional arrangements for the people to exercise their democratic rights are more perfect, the areas of people's democratic participation are more extensive, and the advantages and vitality of people's democracy throughout the process are constantly demonstrated.
The full process of people's democracy is an inevitable requirement for achieving modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. The overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform is to improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.The full chain, all-round, and comprehensive development of people's democracy throughout the entire process is essential for achieving modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. Promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity can be described as a massive systematic project, involving various social fields, administrative levels, and industry organizations, which is related to the vital interests of the broadest masses of the people. To a certain extent, the process of modernizing the national governance system and governance capacity is the continuous development and improvement of people's democracy throughout the entire process.
The whole process of people's democracy contributes Chinese wisdom to human political civilization. Democracy is a common value for all mankind, never exclusive to any class, political party, or country. Socialist democracy has the most extensive, universal, and realistic attributes in the history of human democracy. For a long time, the CPC has led the Chinese people to overcome various complex situations and risk challenges, creating a miracle of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that is rare in the world. Looking to the East, over 1.4 billion Chinese people, who account for nearly one-fifth of the world's population, have truly become masters of their own country and enjoy broad rights and freedoms, greatly boosting the confidence of developing countries in developing democracy. Objectively speaking, people's democracy in the whole process has explored a new path for the development of human democracy, which is a major historical contribution made by the CPC to lead the Chinese people to promote the progress of human civilization, and provides a Chinese plan for mankind to explore a better democratic system.
Guangming Daily
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