Citizens' Political Participation And The Construction Of Socialist Harmonious Society

Political participation, as an important concept in the modern political theories, isthe doings or actions taken by the citizens with the intention to influence thedecision-making and enforcing of the political system. In the new historical period,the central government has implemented the development goal of constructing aHarmonious Socialist Society in which the materialistic civilization, politicalcivilization and spiritual civilization develop cooperatively. An important evaluatingelement of such a society is the citizen's political participation. This orderlyparticipation of the citizens is an important element in constituting the harmonioussocialist society and reinforcing the construction of the socialist political culture.In this essay, the first thing will be done is the carding of the origin of thispolitical participation theory and its development in our country. Further on, theimportance of this participation would be discussed from following aspects that are topromote the construction of the socialist society and democracy and to maintain thepolitical stabilization. Then, with the perspective of the relationship between thecitizens' participation and the harmonious socialist society, the essay will focus on theanalysis of the present situation of this participation in our country and the problemsexisting in it. At last, based on all the analysis done formerly, with the reference to ourcountry's real circumstance, this essay will highlight some suggestions to speed up thedevelopment of the economy and the innovation of the political system and sometactics to perfect the political participation system and the ways to get the commoncitizens involved in.