Chapter One Why Must the Path to Democracy Fit the Country’s Realities?
The Western Path to Democracy Does Not Work in China
Embarking on a New Path of People’s Democracy
Copying Other Countries’ Democratic Models is Bound to Fail
Chapter Two Why Did China Choose the People’s Congress System Instead of the Bicameral System Implemented in Western Countries?
The Formation of the “Unicameral System” with Chinese Characteristics
The People’s Congress is Different from the Western Parliament
The Operational Mechanism of China’s Supreme Body of State Power
Chapter Three Why Do We Say that China’s Political Party System is Neither a One-party System nor a Western Multi-party System?
China’s Choice of Political Party System Model
Features of China’s New Type of Political Party System
Advantages of China’s New Type of Political Party System
China’s Political Party System is a Model of Success
Chapter Four Why Does China Adopt Consultative Democracy Rather Than Confrontational Democracy?
Drawbacks of Confrontational Democracy
Bright Future of Consultative Democracy
Diverse Practice of Consultative Democracy
The New World Order Can Only Be Based on Consultation
Chapter Five How Are Chinese Leaders Selected and Elected?
Criteria for Growing into a Chinese Leader
Leadership Candidacy
Election of Leaders
Chapter Six How Do the Electoral System and the Grassroots Democracy Operate in China?
Multi-Level Electoral System
Grassroots Democracy in China’s Rural Areas
Democracy in China’s Urban Communities
The System of the Congress of Workers and Staff in China
Chapter Seven Why Do We Say that China Has Paved a Path of Human Rights Development Suited to Its National Conditions?
China’s Human Rights Perspective
China’s Historic Progress in Human Rights
Protecting the Rights of Special Groups
Promoting the Common Development of the International Cause of Human Rights
Chapter Eight Why Do We Say that People’s Democracy Has Been Embedded in the Modern National Governance Process of China?
The Democratic Rule by the CPC
Government Democracy in China
Judicial Democracy in China
Social Governance Democracy
Chapter Nine Why is China’s Democratic Model Increasingly Attractive?
The Democratic Model of China Can Assure the Country’s Stability
The Democratic Model of China Can Ignite the People’s Enthusiasm to Participate in National Development
The Democratic Model of China Can Promote the Catch-up of Socio-Economic Development
The Democratic Model of China Can Promote the Close Unity among the People
The Democratic Model of China Can Better People’s Life
The Democratic Model of China Can Coordinate All Efforts to Complete Key National Undertakings