(Question about East and West) Short comment: China's new political party system adds color to human political civilization
China News Service, Beijing, June 27th, title: Short comment: China's new political party system adds color to human political civilization
China News Agency reporter An Yingzhao
The State Council Information Office of the State Council recently issued a white paper entitled "China's New Political Party System", which presents to the world the emergence, development, and continuous improvement of China's new political party system in a "panoramic view" on the occasion of the centuries-old party establishment.
The white paper pointed out that the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China is a basic political system in China.
This system not only takes root in Chinese soil, demonstrates Chinese wisdom, but also actively learns from and absorbs the outstanding achievements of human political civilization. It is a new type of political party system in China.
On June 25, the State Council Information Office of China released the white paper "China's New Political Party System" and held a press conference in Beijing.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yu
The reason why this system is called the "new type" lies in its distinctive Chinese characteristics, which is mainly reflected in the fact that it is rooted in the excellent Chinese traditional culture, reflects the essential requirements of the socialist system, conforms to China's national conditions and national governance needs, and is in line with Western traditions. There are essential differences in the political party system of China.
The modern party system originated in Britain.
Western party politics has a strong "dual opposition" color from its inception. This political tradition of emphasizing competitiveness and antagonism is particularly prominent under the contemporary American two-party system.
Even in the face of the menacing new crown pneumonia epidemic, the two parties in the United States are still fighting each other to a considerable extent.
The resulting problems such as the gap in the fight against the epidemic in the red and blue states and the uneven distribution of epidemic prevention materials have caused many American experts and media to bluntly say that division and politicization are the main lessons of the United States in fighting the epidemic.
In fact, since Locke and Montesquieu put forward the idea of decentralization, the "game of power" has been continuously played among Western parties.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Schneider pointed out that the power of bourgeois political parties mainly originated from politicians, big capitalists, etc., which led to the dominance of the party’s self-interest and the weakening of its publicity.
On January 6, local time, the joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to confirm the results of the Electoral College vote was interrupted due to large-scale riots caused by the intrusion of supporters of then President Trump into the Capitol. The scene was extremely chaotic.
The picture shows a Trump supporter being subdued.
China has also imitated Western countries in implementing parliamentary politics and a multi-party system, but practice has proved that copying the Western system does not work in China.
The white paper pointed out that from 1912 to 1928, China changed ten heads of state for 16 years, formed 45 cabinets, and changed 59 prime ministers. The longest term of office was no more than one year, and the shortest term was less than one day.
The president, cabinet, parliament, and constitution change frequently, causing serious social unrest.
China's new political party system is rooted in the excellent Chinese traditional culture, and is deeply influenced by the ideas that the world is the public, people-oriented, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and inclusive.
This system is jointly created by the Communist Party of China, the Chinese people and all democratic parties and people without party affiliation. It has the foundation of a "harmony" culture. The relationship between each other is not an either-or-competitive relationship, but a new type of party relationship of cooperation, unity and harmony. .
China's new political party system embodies the common goals of all political parties, which is to achieve national independence, the liberation of the people, the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people.
Based on the consistency of goals, the democratic parties of the Chinese Communist Party have coexisted, supervised each other, shared honour and disgrace for a long time, forming a political pattern of "Communist Party leadership, multi-party cooperation, Communist Party ruling, and multi-party participation in politics".
On March 10, the fourth meeting of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held a closing meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Photo by Wang Da published by China News Service
China's new political party system meets the national conditions and the needs of national governance, can promote the scientific nature of decision-making and policy, and ensure the effectiveness of national governance.
This system can optimize the allocation of political resources, form an institutional mechanism for all sectors of society to participate in national governance, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities.
China's ability to achieve world-recognized achievements in fighting poverty and fighting the epidemic is a clear proof.
As stated in the white paper, after more than 70 years of development, China’s new party system has matured, contributing Chinese wisdom to the development of contemporary world party politics and becoming a new model of human political civilization.
Among the hundred gardens of human political civilization, China's new political party system deserves to be a bright spot.
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