Political Development Path of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

Political development path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, upholds the organic unity of the Party’s leadership, the position of the people as the masters of the country, upholds and improves the law-based governance and people's congresses system, the CPC-led multi-Party cooperation and political consultation system, the ethnic regional autonomy system, and the self-governance of the grassroots masses and it includes constant promotion of the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. It is an important component part of the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is the guarantee for the construction, development and perfection of socialist democracy in China. In guiding the reform of the political system, Deng Xiaoping emphasized the need to draw on the achievements of human civilization, including those of developed capitalist countries, but he warned against copying the Western political models of multi-Party system and its "separation of three powers", instead he emphasized starting from China's unique conditions.

In May 2002, Jiang Zemin proposed: to advance the reform of the political system, we shall start from China’s national conditions, unswervingly follow our own path of political development, and adhere to the self-improvement and development of the socialist system. The report of the 16th CPC National Congress proposed to unswervingly push forward the political construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The report of the 17th CPC National Congress proposed that we must adhere to the path of political development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, adhere to the organic unity of the Party’s leadership, the position of the people as the masters of the country, and the law-based governance, adhere to and improve the people’s congress system, the CPC-led multi-Party cooperation and political consultation system, ethnic regional autonomy system, and grassroots mass autonomy system, and continuously promote the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. These strategic thoughts have been enriched and developed in the report of the 18th CPC National Congress and the series of important speeches by General Secretary Xi Jinping. The key to adhering to the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics is to adhere to the organic unity of the Party’s leadership, the position of the people as the masters of the country, and the law-based governance.

The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the fundamental guarantee for the position of the people as the masters of the country, and the law-based governance. Realizing the interests of the people inevitably requires the Communist Party of China, which aims to serve the people wholeheartedly, to mobilize, lead and organize the people to master the power of the country. Guaranteeing the position of the people as the masters of the country, is the essence and core requirement of socialist democratic politics. People’s democracy is the life of socialism. The Communist Party’s governance is to lead and support the people to be the masters of the country. Carrying forward people’s democracy is an effective way to strengthen and improve the Party’s leadership. Only when the Party leads the people to adhere to the law-based governance of the country, can the people’s right to be the masters of the country be fully realized and the Party’s ruling position be consolidated and developed. The law-based governance of the country is the basic strategy of the Party leading the people to govern the country. The law-based governance of the country guarantees not only the position of the people as the masters of the country but also the Party’s ruling position institutionally and legally. The Party leads the people to formulate the constitution and various laws through the organs of state power, and they also act within the scope of the constitution and laws, act in strict accordance with the law, and ensure the implementation of the law, so that the Party’s leadership, the position of the people as the masters of the country, and the law-based governance is organically unified. The close relationship between the Party’s leadership, the position of the people as the masters of the country, and the law-based governance reflects the inherent laws and fundamental requirements of the development of socialist democratic politics with Chinese characteristics, and is unified in the practice of building socialist democratic politics with Chinese characteristics.