构建社会主义民主文化——从基层民主出发培育中国的“乡村精神”

Construction of Socialistic Democratic Culture——Cultivating Chinese 'Country Spirit' from The Democracy of The Grass Roots

十八大以来,如何推进以自由民主为核心的政治体制改革成为热门话题。在探索新的改革路径时,从最高层寻求解决问题的"顶层设计"成为新的政治名词,然而将民主自由的理念引入中国这样具有特殊国情的国家是需要时间和方法的,自上而下的制度设计无法沉淀出坚实的文化内涵。中国基层民主实施二十多年来积累了很多的经验与教训。进一步完善基层民主,从而培育中国自由独立的"乡村精神",当这种自由独立的精神沉淀为共同的心里期望时,社会主义民主文化也就得以建立,借助这种成熟的民主文化,中国的政治体制改革步伐也才会走得更加坚定有力。

Since the 18th convention of Chinese Communist Party, how to accelerate the retorm of political system, whose core includes freedom and democracy, has become a hot topic. As exploring new approaches of reform, ＇Top -level Design＇, which means tackling problems from the top, has been created to be a new political term. However, it needs time and methods to bring the idea of freedom and democracy to our country which has special conditions. The regime designed from top to bottom can not hold a strong culture connotation. The democracy of grass roots has been implemented for more than 20 years, from which we have amassed a lot of experience and les- sons. As a result, we should improve the democracy of grass roots so as to cultivate Chinese ＇ Country Spirit＇ which is full of freedom and independence. The socialistic democratic culture can not be established unless we see such spirit as a common expectation. What＇s more, the paces of Chinese political system＇s reform can not be strong without the mature socialistic democratic culture.