Whole-process people's democracy sums up the general situation, and the new demands, of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Democracy is a common value of humanity and an ideal that has always been cherished by the Chinese people and the Communist Party of China.
The whole-process people's democracy in China, an all-dimensional, full-coverage democracy with a complete set of institutions, is the broadest, most genuine, and most effective socialist democracy, said an expert on Friday.
Democracy is not an ornament for decoration, but for solving the problems that people need to solve. Whether a country is democratic or not depends on whether the people are the masters of the country.
President Xi Jinping emphasized while addressing a central conference on work related to people's congresses, held from October 13 to 14 in Beijing, that the country should continue to uphold and improve the people's congresses system, with an aim at enhancing whole-process people's democracy.
Democracy with Chinese characteristics is whole-process people's democracy, and despite the so-called Western democracies' claims to the contrary, it is a model of democracy that has proved its effectiveness and worth time and again.
"A basic criterion of democracy should be whether the people have the right to govern their country, whether their needs are met, and whether they have a sense of fulfillment and happiness.
In line with its own unique conditions, China has successfully practiced the whole-process democracy which best suits the country's development needs in a new era.
On September 22, 2021, Ambassador Qin Gang attended the online conversation jointly held by The Carter Center and The George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations and delivered a speech.