General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at a central conference on work related to people's congresses that was held from Oct 13 to 14, 2021.
Senior lawmaker Wang Chen has told deputies of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, to well perform their duties to develop whole-process people's democracy.
The first education base for study and practice of the whole-process people's democracy in Qingyuan city, Guangdong province was launched at the administrative and cultural center in its Qingcheng district on Dec 31.
China released a white paper expounding on the concept and practice of its democracy. The following are some quotable quotes from the white paper titled "China: Democracy That Works."
A white paper released on Saturday has expounded on China's whole-process people's democracy under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Democracy is a common value of humanity and an ideal that has always been cherished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people, said the white paper.
Lawmakers are considering incorporating whole-process people's democracy into the Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments.
China's application of democratic principles follows an approach Xi has termed "whole-process people's democracy." The concept was put forward about two years ago, during a visit by Xi to a civic center in Shanghai.