Nov. 11 (Xinhua) --The narrow time gap between the
Political research professionals and amateurs have compared the two countries' electoral systems and political systems. News houses and the public also show keen interests.
As the world's two largest economies with totally different political systems, or as the largest developed country and the largest developing one, they must have something special respectively.
Otherwise, it is difficult to explain logically
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In the view of the Chinese people,
There are lessons for
During the exploration of the people's democratic system, the CPC adopted the mode of "electoral democracy plus consultative democracy." Consultative democracy is exactly the missing part in Western democracy.
Admittedly, the democratic political system is still developing and needs to be further improved. The top leadership of the CPC is explicit in this regard, just as the Party congress report says, "We must advance unwaveringly along this path to ensure that
One impressive phenomenon for observers of Chinese politics is that the CPC leadership always puts satisfying the immediate interests of the broadest majority of people as its priority and always sticks to pushing forward the reform of the political structure.
In the level-by-level election of Party delegates and deputies to the people's congresses, direct election is practiced at levels higher than before. Multi-candidate elections have become more competitive with increasingly bigger elimination margins.
The ongoing 18th CPC National Congress is presenting a democratic atmosphere that has won favor of people in
For the international community,
At the same time, the so-called Western political model is revealing internal flaws. Its performance in the international financial crisis has triggered people to reevaluate the system.
There is no perfect political system model that can be applied across the world. Every country shall explore the political development road suitable for its own characteristics, as well as its own political logic.
In the report to the 18th CPC National Congress, Hu Jintao said the CPC should draw on the political achievements of other societies, but "we will never copy a Western political system." It shows the CPC will follow a socialist path of making political advance with Chinese characteristics.
Such a political development road follows