Research Democratic Development Of Grass-roots Reform And Opening Up

The construction of socialist democratic politics and realization of people’s roleas masters of the country are two goals our party vowed to pursue. As early as1945,when Mao Zedong met Huang Yanpei in Yan’an, he clearly stated: it’s necessary tofind a new way to get out of the historical cycle rate of "it also flourish rapidly, whosefall suddenly", or “When a man in power dies, all the political measures he made willcease.” We have found a new way to escape the cycle rate. This new road isdemocracy. After the reform and opening up, Deng Xiaoping clearly pointed out: nosocialism without democracy, and no socialist modernization. The15thParty Congressreport firstly embraced the contents of expanding grassroots democracy and ensuringthat people directly exercise their democratic rights. The16thParty Congress reportclearly pointed out that expanding grassroots democracy is the basis for thedevelopment of socialist democracy work. The17thParty Congress report highlightedthat people’s democracy is the lifeblood of socialism. And it also made many specificprovisions to expand people’s democracy, to ensure that people’s role as masters andthe development of grassroots democracy, and to protect people’s democratic rightsmore extensive and practical. The18thParty Congress proposed to further improvegrassroots democracy with higher demands. It should be said that Chinese CommunistParty in the long-term political practice gradually worked out a line with China’snational conditions; it is possible to realize the people are the masters of the road todemocracy, which continually build and improve grassroots democracy. Grassrootsdemocracy is to let people directly involved in closely related with the vital interestsof the state and social affairs. It is the foundation and the core content of socialistdemocratic politics with Chinese characteristics. It is also the entry point for theconstruction of socialist democratic politics. The degree of development of grassrootsdemocracy reflects the level of development of democratic politics in China.Therefore, to further promote the building of grassroots democracy is an importantfoundation and the inevitable trend to improve and develop socialist democraticpolitics with Chinese characteristics.In more than three decades of reform and opening up, China’s grassrootsdemocracy based on the fundamental interests of the masses, to adapt to economic and social development requirements, policies for the protection of the rule of law,uphold the principles of the party and government leaders, and has made greatachievements in grassroots democracy in rural areas, urban community democracy,democratic management of workers in enterprises, grassroots democracy buildingwithin political power at grassroots level and the Party. However, there are alsoproblems and dilemmas in the development of grassroots democracy in China.Because of the existing political system, laws and regulations, the lack of economicdevelopment and historical and cultural traditions and other factors, bringingproblems and dilemmas such as the uneven development of grassroots democracy, thelow level of participation of grassroots democracy, and the shortage of innovativepower for the development of grassroots democracy.In the new historical starting point of China to comprehensively building amoderately prosperous society, to achieve a prosperous, democratic, civilized andharmonious modern socialist, how to further promote the development of grassrootsdemocracy is related to the overall success or failure of the socialist cause withChinese characteristics and the social issues of common interest. Depth study andresearch on the development of grassroots democracy in China is of great theoreticaland practical significance.This paper firstly describes the theory of grassroots democracy in China, andrespectively introduces the Chinese Communist leaders’ thoughts of grassrootsdemocracy. Documents on the expression of grassroots democracy after the ThirdPlenary Session of the CPC Central Committee provide the development of grassrootsdemocracy with theory and policy basis. The paper summarizes the theory andpractice of local governance in contemporary western, and affirms its positive factorsand progressive for the inspiration to develop grassroots democracy in China.Secondly, the paper reviews the historical process of the development of grassrootsdemocracy in China after the reform and opening up, and summarizes itsachievements and problems in the development of grassroots democracy in China.Finally, facing problems and dilemmas in the current process of development ofgrassroots democracy, on how to further promote the development of grassrootsdemocracy in China, make a certain degree of theoretical thinking, and sent goodwishes to the development of grassroots democracy in China.