(Observation of the NPC and CPPCC) Why does this expression to be written into the law significantly different from "Western-style democracy"?

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 6 (Reporter Zhang Su Liang Xiaohui) "Full-process democracy is a distinctive feature of socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics that distinguishes it from Western bourgeois democracy."

　　The draft amendment to the NPC Organic Law is being submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation, and Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, pointed out this in his explanation of the draft.

　　As the "Basic Law" of the National People's Congress system, one of the highlights of this revision of the National People's Congress Organic Law is to include "full-process democracy" in it, adding provisions: "The National People's Congress and its Standing Committee adhere to full-process democracy and maintain close contact with the people. , Listen to the people’s opinions and suggestions, and always insist on embodying the people’s will and protecting the people’s rights and interests."

　　What is full-process democracy?

In 2019, Xi Jinping, China's top leader, made this thesis when inspecting a grassroots legislative contact point.

　　Xi Jinping said at the time: "We are following a path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics. People's democracy is a whole-process democracy. All major legislative decisions are made in accordance with procedures, through democratic considerations, and through scientific and democratic decision-making. ."

　　Some scholars believe that the "whole process" is manifested in the integrity of time, the integrity of content, the consistency of various departments, and the sufficiency of orderly political participation of citizens.

"Democratic elections, democratic decision-making, democratic management, democratic supervision and other links must not be missing" has become a prominent feature of socialist democratic politics with Chinese characteristics.

　　This feature has been reflected in the work of the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee, the most typical being the contact point for grassroots legislation.

At present, the Legislative Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has established 10 primary-level legislative contact points across the country.

　　"Everyone's affairs are discussed by everyone" "Find the greatest common divisor of the will and requirements of the whole society", through the legislative contact point, the voice of the people can reach the highest legislature.

Statistics show that in 2020, the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress will solicit opinions from contact points on 16 draft laws, and received more than 1,300 opinions and suggestions, many of which were adopted.

　　At the same time, the whole process of democracy also pays attention to the role of deputies to the people's congress.

The draft amendment to the Organic Law of the National People’s Congress clarifies that: Deputies to the National People’s Congress shall maintain close contact with the original electoral unit and the people, and may attend meetings of the people’s congress of the original electoral unit, listen to and reflect the opinions and requirements of the people, work hard to serve the people, and "make full use of Role in the whole process of democracy".

　　In China, NPC deputies are not a certain profession, but come from all walks of life.

There are currently nearly 3,000 NPC deputies in China. They reflect the opinions and suggestions of the people at the grassroots level through their centralized participation in the National People’s Congress.

In peacetime, they also directly participate in legislation and supervision through various forms.

　　"Delegates should maintain close contact with the original electoral unit and the people, listen to the opinions of the people through various forms such as the representative liaison station, the representative liaison room, and the representative reception day, and then take the opinions of the people through participating in the people’s congress and attending the standing committee meetings as nonvoting delegates. Legislature." Talking about this amendment, Tong Weidong, director of the National Law Office of the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said that this is a manifestation of democracy in the whole process.

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