Chinese democracy: Proof in the pudding By ONG TEE KEAT | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-09-14 07:06 +++

Chinese democracy: Proof in the pudding By ONG TEE KEAT | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-09-14 07:06 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/14/WS66e4c58ba3103711928a7f15.html The collective West has long had an entrenched ideological prejudice against China's governance system, questioning the legitimacy of the Communist Party of China as the country's ruling party. The West is biased against China because, as some in the West claim, China does not follow a liberal democratic political system and hold multiparty elections. Yet China's National People's Congress, the country's top decision-making body, continues to shine by making extraordinary achievements to meet the rising needs and aspirations of the Chinese people, while propelling the country's development to new heights. Democratic system improving By LIU DONGCHAO | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-09-14 07:21 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/14/WS66e4c8eaa3103711928a7f27.html The people's congress system is a crucial component of China's political structure, one of the key elements of the country's current political system, and an important institutional part of whole-process people's democracy. The people's congress system, established in 1954, is suited to China's national conditions. After decades of development, while undergoing a gradual process of refinement and adapting to changing circumstances, especially since 2012, the National People's Congress system has further matured. Socialism gifts whole-process people's democracy By JOHN MILLIGAN-WHYTE | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-09-14 07:32 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/14/WS66e4cb84a3103711928a7f3a.html A fundamental feature of China's political stability and economic development is its socialist system of governance marked by Chinese characteristics and the existence of three bottom-up and top-down feedback loops combining public administrators, experts in different fields and people's representatives from all walks of life.