Recognizing People’s Democracy Is The Core Of Socialism From A Logical And Historical Perspective

On October2007, President Hu Jintao stated explicitly at the17th Conference of Parties that "the people’s democracy is the core of socialism". This is the proper recognition and summary of socialist construction and practice. However, until now, there had been no logical explanation about the reason for this statement.This paper focuses on combining both practice and theory to analyze the statement-"people’s democracy is the core of socialism" from a logical and historical perspective. By researching the dynamic development of democracy and Socialist theory and explaining the relationship between them, this paper demonstrates the inner connection between democracy and socialism. Moreover, this article uses sufficient historical materials to explain that democracy played a positive role during the development of socialist construction and its’successful outcome; meanwhile, when democracy is destroyed, socialist construction is impeded. Therefore, under the current social development level of China, in order to solve the social contradictions which are lacking in the democracy system, it is necessary to insist on improving the socialist construction and reforming the political system.This paper is consisted of5parts. The first part is the preface, which states the background, goals and values of this research, the current research status of China and other counties, the logic clue and the innovative points. The second part analyzes the course of the development of democracy and socialism, and clarifies the conceptions of democracy and socialism. The core of democracy is that the people need to be empowered. As for the political system, the fundamental requirement is to ensure the people can participate actively in political activities. The explanation of socialism is from summarizing the course of Utopian socialism to the essence of socialism of Marxism. The third part demonstrates the connection between the main theory of democracy and socialism, including the common foundations, goals, principles and insurances. Therefore, by analysis of those, the unification of the main theory of democracy and socialism are demonstrated. The fourth part is a historical statement. The paper uses a lot of historical facts to explain that democracy is a crucial element of socialism. The last part analyzes the current society. Based on the success of reform and open-up policy, China should insist on seeking the truth from facts and treat problems by using comprehensive and objective perspectives. By analyzing the current social contradictions of China, it is obvious that the reasons for these social contradictions were mainly due to the incompletion of the democratic system. In conclusion, in order to maintain the vitality of socialism, it is necessary to insist on political re-construction.