中国式民主:现代民主两种类型之一的人民民主

Chinese-style Democracy: the People Democracy, One of the Two Types of Modern Democracy

古代民主即古希腊民主的基本理念是"人民的统治"或"多数人的统治"。现代民主的基本理念是国家权力来自于人民,国家政权必须产生于人民的选择。在现代民主中,人民的选择又有自由民主与人民民主两种基本类型。它们的价值原则、政治形式不同,各有优势与需要解决的问题,但都是现代政治文明的重要成果。中国式民主即现代民主两种基本类型之一的人民民主。目前海外学界、政界之所以对中国式民主褒贬不一,一是人民民主制度尚不完善;一是西方学者基于其自由民主的价值原则、政治模式来衡量中国的人民民主;一是我们自己的理论建设滞后于形势发展,人民民主的正叉与道义未能得到充分彰显。

While in Ancient Greek, democracy referred to majority rule or rule by people, modern democracy refers to that the key power is from people, and state power results from people＇s choice. In modern democracy, people＇s choice is divided into the two types of liberal democracy and people democracy. Although they are different in value principle, political form, advantages and problems, all of them are important achievement of modern political civilization. Chinese-style democracy is the people democracy that is one of the two types of modern democracy. The reason why currently oversea scholars and politicians pass judgments on China-style democracy is because of three factors. Firstly, the current system of people democracy has left still plenty of room for improvement. Secondly, western scholars judge China-style democracy based on the value principle and political mode of liberal democracy. Thirdly, the theoretical construction of Chinese-style democracy has lagged behind the development of the situation, and the advantages of people democracy are not presented fully.