| Dengxiaoping democratic thought is an inheriting and development to democratic theory in Maxism and Leninism, Mao Tse-tung thought. Dengxiaoping, based on summarization of the lessons and experience in democratic construction among socialistic countries especially in China, facing up to the changes and developments of contemporary national and international situation, has formed and perfected the precise and scientific thought system in democratic theory with Chinese characteristics step by step, and has achieved tremendous successes in guiding Chinese democratic construction and development.Dengxiaoping democratic thought has passed through 3 stages in its development. The first stage: the 50's to 60's in the 20th century- budding and abuliding stage. The second stage: the middle 70's-middle 80's in the 20th century- raising and forming stage. The third stage: the middle 80's to early 90's in the 20th century-developing and perfecting stage. The forming and developing process of Dengxiaoping democratic thought is the necessary selections of our country's socialistic revolution and construction, is the perfect union of logic and history.Dengxiaoping democratic thought embodies abundant and profound contents, which mainly comprise of: the 1st -theoretic thoughts on state system, the 2nd -thoughts on political party system and political consultation system, the 3rd -thoughts on regional national autonomy and special administrative region system, the 4th -thoughts on institutionalization and legalization of democracy and the 5th -thoughts on political structure reform.Dengxiaoping democratic thought maintains bright characteristics mainly manifested as following: the 1~st -union of inheritance and creation, the 2~nd -union of carrying forward democracy and insisting on stabilization, the 3~rd -union of democratic and legal constructions, the 4~th -union of historicity and modernity.Dengxiaoping democratic thought has the important theoretic values and guiding significance, which is one of the key component parts of Dengxiaoping theoretic system.While succeeding and developing Maxism democratic theory, it has also answered the objective and theoretic questions at the such aspects as state theory, party leading, democracy and legalization, development and stabilization, democratic construction progress, political structure reform etc., in the socialistic countries' especially our country's socialistic democratic construction and has the important realistic significance and profound historic significance in guiding socialism democratic construction and development with Chinese characteristics. |