Institutional Innovation of Democratic Elections at the Grass-roots Level in China--Based on the Comparison between Provisional Regulations and Formal Regulations

  • Yue Leng School of Marxism Sichuan University
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Keywords: Grass-roots democracy, Elections, Institutional innovation

Abstract

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), great progress has been made in democratic elections at the grass-roots level in China." Regulations on the Election of Grass-roots organizations of the Communist Party of China On the basis of summing up the practical experience of grass-roots democratic election in the past 30 years and the Provisional regulations on Election work of Communist Party of China Grass-roots organizations, major institutional innovations have been made. It mainly includes the system innovation of election subject, the system innovation of election process and the innovation of election result system, among which the innovation of election subject is especially prominent, which plays an important role in giving full play to democracy in the new era. By comparing the formal regulations with the temporary regulations, combing the system innovation points will contribute to the further development of the democratic election practice at the grass-roots level in our country, strengthen the construction of grass-roots organizations, fully realize the grass-roots democracy, and in turn provide a scientific foothold and growth point for the formulation of the system.

References

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Published
2021-07-19