The ongoing "two sessions" in China have once again put the global spotlight on the country's unique democratic model -- whole-process people's democracy.
Democracy is a universal value, yet it takes different forms across civilizations. While Western democracies often equate democracy with elections, China has developed a distinct model — whole-process people's democracy — tailored to its national conditions and historical traditions.
As a "post-80s" NPC deputy, Sheng Hong is both a witness and practitioner of whole-process people's democracy. Sheng has always been listening to the needs of residents and their opinions and suggestions on legislative work.
By amplifying public engagement in lawmaking, Guo said, China is showing its commitment to refining governance and fostering a more inclusive democracy.
In this video, Jerry Grey, a British media commentator, visited Dongnan village in Lianshan's Shangshuai town to witness how Huang Jiaying, a county-level deputy, expands Chinese hanging gourd farming, and how he makes his own efforts to boost ethnic minority culture.
The establishment of local legislative outreach offices across the country was first proposed at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2014.
At the legislative outreach office in the subdistrict, suggestions from the public have been solicited on 95 draft laws over the past five years, with 272 suggestions adopted.
On September 11, 2023, the courtyard meeting room in Caochang Sitiao Hutong welcomed several special guests: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) president Duarte Pacheco, president of the IPU Bureau of Women Parliamentarians Cynthia López Castro, president of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace Ahmed Al Jarwan and secretary general Zoran Ilievski. They gathered to have discussions and exchanges on the practice of the system of people's congresses in China and the philosophy of whole-process people's democracy at the grassroots level.