Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "There are three keys to evaluating whether a country’s political system, political structure and policies are correct: the first is to see whether the country’s political situation is stable; The second is to see if we can enhance people’s unity and improve people’s lives; The third is to see if productivity can be continuously developed. " Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s political development path has always held high the banner of people’s democracy, taking the people as the masters of the country as the starting point and destination, and stipulated the basic principles of the organization and activities of the party and the state, which have both scientific guiding ideology and rigorous institutional framework, clear value orientation and realization forms in line with national conditions. People being masters of their own affairs is the essence and core of socialist democratic politics. People’s democracy is the life of socialism. People’s democracy has surpassed the old-style democracy, embodied in a new form of democratic politics, which is the core of China’s characteristic political development path and provides a strong support for socialist modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Whether a political development path is correct or not, whether it has great advantages and strong vitality, practice is the most convincing. Looking at the whole world, many countries have suffered serious setbacks in the exploration of political development path, some are stagnant, in a dilemma, some are hesitant and entangled, some are repeatedly wrong and social unrest. The drastic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are not far away, and the turmoil in West Asia and North Africa is just around the corner. It is shocking that some developing countries are poor and weak because of the wrong choice of political development path. In some countries, the prevention and control of epidemic situation is weak and full of loopholes, which is directly related to the unscientific political system. In sharp contrast, since the founding of New China, especially over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the comprehensive national strength has greatly jumped, the total economic output has jumped to the second place in the world, social undertakings have flourished, people’s living standards have been continuously improved, the face of China has undergone historic changes, and China has made remarkable achievements in fighting the epidemic. All these fully demonstrate the powerful political guarantee provided by Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s political development path for economic and social development, and fully reflect the unique creation and advantages of China’s political development path.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Democracy in Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a new thing and a good thing. Of course, this does not mean that China’s political system is perfect and there is no need to improve and develop it. Institutional self-confidence is not self-esteem, self-satisfaction, nor is it stagnation and complacency. Instead, it is necessary to unify firm institutional self-confidence with continuous reform and innovation, and constantly promote the improvement and development of the institutional system on the basis of adhering to the fundamental political system and basic political system. " "The key to developing socialist democratic politics is to increase and expand our advantages and characteristics, not to weaken and narrow our advantages and characteristics."
In increasing and expanding the advantages of China’s political development, the ideas embodied in the new era are mainly:
— — Pay more attention to the improvement of the political system.The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee put forward: "The Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is a scientific system formed by the Party and the people in long-term practice and exploration. All the work and activities of state governance in China are carried out in accordance with the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, and China’s state governance system and governance capacity are the concentrated expression of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and its implementation capacity." The Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, which was explored after the founding of New China, was gradually established and improved during the reform and opening up period, and continuously enriched in the new era of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, is the fundamental institutional guarantee for the development and progress of contemporary China, which embodies the nature, characteristics and advantages of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and embodies the unity of stability and vitality, democracy and centralization, and integrity and innovation. From the perspective of promoting modernization, the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system can concentrate on major events and is conducive to the liberation and development of social productive forces; Being able to concentrate on solving the problems that the people need to solve most is conducive to maintaining and promoting social fairness and justice; Being able to carry out long-term planning consistently is conducive to the persistence, stability and strategy of development; Can effectively use capital power but actively exercise restraint, so as not to let capital logic dominate in all fields, and so on. As General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out, "Practice has proved that our party has combined the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of China, and established a new state system to ensure that hundreds of millions of people are masters of their own affairs in the ancient eastern countries.Making the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system a system with obvious advantages and strong vitality will ensure China to create a miracle of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and also provide a brand-new choice for developing countries to modernize, and contribute China wisdom and China’s plan to mankind’s exploration and construction of a better social system. "
— — Pay more attention to the development of deliberative democracy.Deliberative democracy is an important part of China’s socialist democracy, a unique form and advantage of China’s socialist democracy, and an important way for the Communist Party of China (CPC) to govern and make decisions. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "It is the true meaning of people’s democracy to discuss things, and everyone’s affairs are discussed by everyone." Matters involving the interests of the people should be discussed among the people. If they are not discussed or not discussed enough, it is very difficult to do things well. We should insist on discussing things more, discussing things more, discussing things more, and the more we discuss, the deeper the better. To develop socialist deliberative democracy, we should make good use of the advantages of democratic centralism and carry forward "unity — Criticism — The fine tradition of "unity" promotes the full expression and in-depth exchange of different ideas and opinions, so as to achieve mutual respect, equal consultation without imposing on others, follow rules and orderly consultation without saying anything, be considerate and tolerant, negotiate sincerely without being extreme and paranoid, and form a good negotiation atmosphere that is both free to speak and express their opinions, rational and legal. As long as we adhere to the party’s basic theory, line and general plan, we should let everyone talk about all kinds of opinions and criticisms. Even if they are harsh and sharp, we should adopt an attitude of rejoicing when we hear them, so that we can correct them if we have them, and encourage them if we have none. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that "it is necessary to promote the extensive, multi-layered and institutionalized development of deliberative democracy",This is the strategic task and basic path of socialist deliberative democracy construction in the new era. Facing the future, developing various undertakings well, consolidating the political situation of national stability and unity, and promoting the harmonious development of political party relations, ethnic relations, religious relations, class relations, and compatriots at home and abroad, a very important condition is that we must broaden our views through democratic centralism, learn from others’ ideas and mobilize everyone to think and work together.
— — Pay more attention to promoting the comprehensive rule of law.Governing the country according to law is an essential requirement and an important guarantee for upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and an inevitable requirement for modernizing the national governance system and governance capacity. To achieve economic development, political clarity, cultural prosperity, social justice and good ecology, we must give full play to the leading and regulating role of the rule of law. To this end, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core emphasizes that it is necessary to put the rule of law in a more prominent position, bring the work of the party and the state into the track of rule of law, persist in coordinating social forces, balancing social interests, regulating social relations, and standardizing social behavior on the track of rule of law, and rely on the rule of law to solve various social contradictions and problems, so as to ensure that our society is both vibrant and orderly in profound changes. In the new era, it is necessary to highlight the position of the rule of law in the historical process of development, give full play to the leading, standardizing and safeguarding functions of the rule of law, and effectively bring the country’s economic and social development into the track of the rule of law. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated: "Governing the country in an all-round way according to law is the essential requirement and important guarantee of Socialism with Chinese characteristics." This is not only a new summary of the essential requirements of socialism, but also a further deepening of the understanding of the rule of law in the new era. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly defined the timetable and roadmap for comprehensively administering the country according to law, that is, socialist modernization will be basically realized from 2020 to 2035, a country ruled by law, a government ruled by law and a society ruled by law will be basically completed, all aspects of the system will be more perfect, and the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity will be basically realized; Build a socialist modernization power from 2035 to the middle of this century.Realize the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. This exposition has comprehensively broadened the goal and task of basically building a government ruled by law in 2020, effectively promoted a country ruled by law, a government ruled by law and a society ruled by law as a whole, and made clear the strategic goal of basically bringing the exercise of state public power, the exercise of power of political parties and other social communities into the track of rule of law in 2035.
— — Pay more attention to building a good political ecology.Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly emphasized the extreme importance of creating a good political ecology for the development of the cause of the party and the country. On January 22, 2013, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader clearly pointed out in his speech at the Second Plenary Session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: "To improve the work style is to purify the political ecology and create a good environment for clean politics." On June 30, 2014, during the 16th collective study on strengthening and improving the work style system in the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, it was once again emphasized that strengthening party building "must create a good political environment, that is, a good political ecology". On January 13, 2015, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the whole party was warned to strengthen discipline construction, and it was more important to keep discipline and discipline. Political ecology is not only the comprehensive embodiment of the party style, political style and social atmosphere, but also the comprehensive embodiment of the party spirit, consciousness and style of party member cadres. Political ecology is the soft power that determines the party’s ruling ability, national construction ability and social development ability, and it is also the soft index that constitutes the basic content of national governance system and modernization of governance ability. At the second plenary session of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that as a Marxist political party, our party’s emphasis on politics is a prominent feature and advantage, and stressed: "Corruption is a corruption issue, and political issues are political issues. We cannot just talk about corruption and not talk about political issues. Political problems of cadres are no less harmful to the party than corruption.Some are even more serious than corruption. "Around creating a good political ecology, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has taken a series of major measures, which has generally formed a positive, healthy and positive political ecological atmosphere.
In his speech celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National People’s Congress, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out: "The evaluation of whether a country’s political system is democratic and effective mainly depends on whether the national leadership can be replaced in an orderly manner according to law, whether all the people can manage state affairs and social affairs, manage economic and cultural undertakings according to law, whether the people can express their interests smoothly, and whether all sectors of society can effectively participate in the political life of the country. Whether national decision-making can be scientific and democratic, whether all talents can enter the national leadership and management system through fair competition, whether the ruling party can achieve leadership over state affairs in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws, and whether the use of power can be effectively restricted and supervised. " How to correctly judge a country’s political system? The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward the "eight possibilities" standard here, which covers the rules of leadership replacement, people’s management rights, channels of interests appeal, degree of citizen participation, national decision-making procedures, talent selection system, ruling level according to law, power supervision efficiency and other aspects, and involves key issues of democratic politics. Putting forward the "eight possibilities" standard embodies the characteristics of seeking truth from facts and integrating theory with practice, breaks the discourse hegemony of western academic circles on "democracy" and embodies the strong "four self-confidences". The standard of "eight possibilities" is a profound summary of the law of national political development.It is the new development of Marxist theory of state governance, which builds the logical foundation of self-confidence in the socialist system and defines the basic follow-up to promote the modernization of China’s state governance system and governance capacity.