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Safeguarding people鈥檚 interests

China鈥檚 socialist democracy is the broadest, most genuine and most effective democracy to safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, President Xi Jinping said yesterday.

The very purpose of developing socialist democracy is to give full expression to the will of the people, protect their rights and interests, spark their creativity, and provide systemic and institutional guarantees to ensure the people run the country, he said.

鈥淲e should not just mechanically copy the political systems of other countries,鈥 he said.

The Party stresses the unity of Party leadership, the people running the country, and law-based governance, he said. Party leadership is the fundamental guarantee for ensuring that the people run the country and governance in China is law-based; that the people run the country is an essential feature of socialist democracy; and law-based governance is the basic way for the Party to lead the people in governing the country.

The system of people鈥檚 congresses must be upheld and improved to ensure the people鈥檚 exercise of state power, he said.

The Party gives play to the important role of socialist consultative democracy, holding that 鈥渢he essence of the people鈥檚 democracy is that the people get to discuss their own affairs.鈥

A coordinated approach will be adopted to promote consultations carried out by political parties, people鈥檚 congresses, government departments, Chinese People鈥檚 Political Consultative Conference committees, people鈥檚 organizations, communities and social organizations.

A central leading group for advancing law-based governance in all areas will be set up to exercise unified leadership over the initiative to build rule of law in China.

The Party will strengthen oversight to ensure compliance with the constitution, advance constitutionality review and safeguard the authority of the constitution, Xi said.


 

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