協商民主

人民通過選舉、投票行使權利（即“選舉民主”）和人民內部各方面在重大決策之前進行充分協商（即“協商民主”），盡可能就共同性問題取得一致意見，是中國社會主義民主的兩種重要形式。社會主義協商民主是中國共産黨和中國人民在社會主義民主形式方面的創造，符合中國的現實國情，契合中國的政治文化傳統。它不僅關注最終的決策結果，也關注決策過程中的廣泛參與，不僅強調對多數人意見的尊重，也強調少數人意見的充分表達和權利的維護，拓寬了民主的廣度，從而在最大程度上實現人民民主。中國將不斷推進協商民主廣泛多層制度化發展，深入開展立法協商、行政協商、民主協商、參政協商、社會協商。

Consultative Democracy

China’s socialist democracy finds expression in two processes: electoral democracy, which allows the people to exercise their rights through elections, and consultative democracy, which ensures that consultations are conducted with the people before major policy decisions are made. Both processes are designed to achieve the broadest possible consensus on issues of common concern. Socialist consultative democracy is a form of democracy developed by the CPC and the Chinese people by taking into account China’s realities and its political and cultural traditions. It focuses not only on outcomes of decision-making but also on broad participation in this process. It emphasizes not only the importance of respecting the opinions of the majority, but also the need to ensure that minority voices are heard. It broadens the scope of democracy, so that people can enjoy democracy to the greatest extent possible. China will continue to develop an extensive, multilevel institutional framework for consultative democracy informed by wide-ranging deliberations on legislation, government programs, issues related to democracy, state affairs, and social issues.