The top legislature has established more channels for the public to participate in national governance over the past decade, guaranteeing that the people are the masters of the country, officials said.
Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, held a symposium on April 18 with NPC deputies invited to sit in on the 34th session of the 13th NPC Standing Committee as non-voting participants.
Shanghai has been advocating a "three-meeting" system to reach decisions in residential neighborhoods, which serves as a grassroots example of whole-process people's democracy.
The annual two sessions provide an opportunity for the world to better understand its whole-process people's democracy, which still seems to remain a mystery to some.
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Whole-process people's democracy, a creation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in leading the people to pursue, develop and realize democracy, embodies the Party's innovation in advancing China's democratic theories, systems and practices.
Noyan Rona, a Turkish national who has resided in Shanghai for more than two decades, said that his expectation for this year's two sessions is for China to exercise its "whole-process people's democracy" in the formulation of social policies and country governance.
A senior Chinese official on Tuesday urged persistent efforts to develop whole-process people's democracy and advance the rule of law in China.