Research On Deng Xiaoping's Thinking On Democracy

Deng Xiaoping's Thinking on Democracy is an important part of Deng Xiaoping Theory. It is the weapon in thinking for proletarian and the masses, and also the guiding ideology for the construction of socialism and the socialist political civilization. The research on Deng Xiaoping's Thinking on Democracy is of great theoretical as well as practical importance for the development of Chinese democracy.Deng Xiaoping's Thinking on Democracy is developed from Marxist Democratic Thinking. Deng Xiaoping thinks the development of democracy is the requirement of the nature of socialism. He puts forward the idea that, "Without democracy, there is socialism and no socialist modernization." Deng Xiaoping says that as socialist country, we should stick to the guidance and principles of socialist democracy. He puts forward the fundamental ways to develop socialist democracy: first, we should carry out political reform, second, we should gradually perfect our basic political systems. In the new era, the third generation of collective leadership with Jiang Zemin as the core hold high the banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory, and further perfect and enrich Deng Xiaoping's Theory on Democracy.