Foreword 1 China's Revolution and Political Democracy From Democratic Believers to Marxists The CPC Had to Take a New Road Achievements in Political Democracy during the Revolutionary Period 2 Entering the Era of People's Derr ocracy Failure of One-party Dictatorship and the Victory of New Democracy New Political Consultative Conference and the Foundation of People's Democratic System The Principle of People's Democracy in the Constitution 3 People's Democracy: Frustrated Attempts and Hopes People's Democracy and Contradictions among the People Retrospect on Erroneous "Big Democracy" The Inner-party Democracy Led to the Reform and Opening-up 4 The New Driving Force and Direction for the People's Democracy The Progress of Democracy and the Rule of Law Advanced by the Reform Interaction between Market Economy and People's Democracy Governing by Law Guarantees People's Democracy The Three Representatives and Political Democracy The Scientific Development Concept and the Orientation of the People's Democracy 5 The Development of Political Democracy People's Democratic System Continuously Improved The Political Party System with Chinese Characteristics The System of Ethnic Regional Autonomy Grassroots Democracy Building of Grassroots Political Democracy in Rural Areas Building of Political Democracy in Urban Communities Building of the System of Conference of Workers and Staff New Chapter in China's Human Rights Development The People s Rights to Subsistence and Development Are Guaranteed Citizens Civil and Political Rights Are Guaranteed People s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Are Guaranteed The Legitimate Rights and Interests of the Special and the Underprivileged Groups of People Are Guaranteed Democratic Rule: Fundamental Belief of the CPC Reforming and Improving the Leadership System and Working Mechanism Developing Inner-Party Democracy Expanding Democracy in Cadre and Personnel Work Tightening Restraints and Supervision over the Use of Power Building a Democratic Government of the People Promoting Administration in Accordance with the Law Accelerating the Transformation of Government Functions Making Decisions in a Scientific and Democratic Way New Development of Judicial Democracy Concluding Words