中国协商民主:宪法依据与制度实践

The Constitutional Basis and Institutional Practice of Chinese Consultative Democracy

中国协商民主是中国社会主义革命和建设实践中政治协商实践发展的逻辑必然。我国《宪法》从序言到正文、从国家根本制度到公民权利义务等篇章的具体条文对协商民主作了系统的规定,协商民主有深厚的宪法规范基础。随着社会主义民主政治实践的发展,协商领域不断拓展,从政治协商、政党协商走向社会协商和公共政策协商,协商民主由民主形式深化为制度实践。依宪法为基石的协商民主呈现制度化和程序化、协商方式日益拓展及基层民主协商渠道日趋活跃的新趋势。

Consultative democracy is an inevitable logical consequence of China＇ s socialist revolution and construction. Consultative democracy is systematically defined by specific provisions in the Constitution of China, including the preamble and the chapters regard- ing fundamental state system as well as civil rights and obligations. Consultative democracy has a profound constitutional foundation. With the development of socialist democratic politics, it extends from political consultation and political party consultation to social con- sultatlon and public policy consultation, consultative democracy develops from a form of democracy to a practical system. Consultative democracy is becoming more systematic and procedural, means of consultation are becoming more diversified, and grassreot democratic consultation channels are becoming more active.