From the perspective of rule-of-law, the theory of whole-process people’s democracy could be interpreted in four dimensions, that is, continuous democracy, authentic democracy, extensive democracy, and consultative democracy. Continuous democracy means that democracy is continuous and uninterrupted in terms of process, time, or space, so as to ensure the continuous participation of the people in the management of state and social affairs. Authentic democracy means providing opportunities and conditions for the people to participate in the management of state and social affairs through more channels and methods and attaching more importance to the protection of legitimate rights and interests of minorities in practice. Extensive democracy means that the people are able to comprehensively and deeply participate in the management of state, social and their own affairs from the operation of the state system to grassroots social life, from election to non-election matters, and from governance to self-governance. Consultative democracy is the means to realize the whole-process people’s democracy. It takes consultation as the form, authenticity as the standard, and consensus as the objective, combines all the channels of consultation, and integrates democracy into all links of the work of the Party and the government and all aspects of the political and social life of the people. |