An Analysis Of China 's Network Political Participation Based On Micro - Letter

After30years of implementing the reform and opening-up, China had remarkablychanged in every field of society. Wechathas already surpassed many other Internetapproaches, turning into one of the most welcomed choices nowadays.Its influencehas greatly surpassed some other approaches of Internet political participation, such asInternet forum,BBS and Web portals.Wechat-based political participation means thatnormal netizens,opinion leaders and the political communities are involved in thelegal Wechat-based political participation because of their own interests, socialhotspots and political appeals. The advantages of Wechat political participation are asfollows: Wechat makes the cost of participation cheaper and more flexible for itssubjects; Speech Communication makes participation more convenient. FriendsCirclemakes participation a wider social influence; Wechat Platform makes participationscientifically and effectively. Wechat political participation also owns somedisadvantages like:the subject is lacking of representativeness. The subject and objectof Wechat participation are short of interactivity as well as itsefficiency of feedback isnot so satisfactory.And the environment of Wechat-based participation is far from wellcultivated. Hence, we should promote a healthy Wechat-based political participationvia widening the representativeness of Wechat users, strengthening the interactivitybetween the subject and object of Wechat participation and increasing the efficiencyof participation feedbacks. Moreover, we should better the participation law systemfor the Internet supervision. And fostering amature Internet political culture shouldalso be taken into consideration.