Course, Performance and Experience of the Centennial CPC in Implementing the Political Advantages of Democratic Centralism

The CPC has continuously explored the operating principles and development laws of democratic centralism in various historical periods of revolution, construction, reform and the new era, and fully utilized the political advantages of democratic centralism in practice. The political advantages of democratic centralism mainly lie in: Maintaining the authority of the Party Central Committee, ensuring the unity of the Party, promoting democracy within the Party, ensuring collective wisdom, making scientific and efficient decisions, executing them quickly and effectively, effectively integrating the resources of all parties and concentrating their forces to do big things; realizing the homogenization of the Party and the state, giving full play to the Party and government cooperation, and serious political life within the Party, purifying the political ecology within the Party. Over the past hundred years, the CPC has accumulated valuable experience in implementing the principle of democratic centralism. The courage to self revolution is the foundation, strengthening the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership is the primary task, promoting intra party democracy is the core appeal, playing the role of leading cadres as a“key minority”is the key, and improving the system and mechanism is the fundamental guarantee.