The Evolution Of Democratic Centralism Thinking And Its Practical Significance

The founders of Marxism always stuck at the spirit of the democratic centralism in the course of the revolution. Next, Lenin inherited and developed the thinking of K. Marx and F.Engels on the democratic centralism. Then, the generations of the CCP Central Collective Leadership continue to adhere to and improve the democratic centralism. The democratic centralism has proven to be the scientific, reasonable and effective system. Furthermore, the historical lessons written in blood have proven that denying or neglecting neither democracy nor centralism of the democratic centralism will do great damage to the normal life order of the Party and the state, and even will lead to the destruction of the Party and national subjugation. Also, our practice over the last three decades of the reform and opening of China has proved that only by upholding the combination and reunion between democracy and centralism of the democratic centralism can we prevent over-centralization of power or extreme democratization; can we avoid individual arbitrary decisions and peremptory actions or a state of anarchy; can we propel exceedingly the socialist practice forward and push the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics forward.The leadership of the Party is a fundamental guarantee of achieving major targets for economic and social development in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period. So, during the new historical period of building an overall well-to-do society and constructing the socialist concord society and strengthening the advancement and construction of ability of administration of the Party and continuously improving the leadership of the Party in economic and social development, the sense of studying the origin, development, inheritance, innovation and realistic implications of the democratic centralism is more meaning to us.Democratic centralism is the fundamental organizational and leadership system of the Chinese Communist Party about the integration of centralism on the basis of democracy and democracy under centralized guidance. Also, the democratic centralism is an important component of Marxism' chinization, and the basic system of ensuring the long-term stability of the Party and the state, and the fundamental organizational system of maintaining the advancement of the Party and strengthening construction of ability of administration of the Party.