关键词: 人民政协, 群体代表, 利益, 意见, 社会视角

Abstract: As one of the three major mechanisms of political representation in contemporary China, the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a mechanism of group representation. This mechanism of group representation has a composite structure, on the one hand, it has to express the interests and demands of specific groups; on the other hand, it has to represent the opinions and social perspectives of different social groups. As representatives of interests, the CPPCC members are selected by consultation rather than election, through which it is able to transcend the limitations of their working sectors and integrate the interests and demands of specific groups into the fundamental interests of the majority of the people. As representatives of opinions and social perspectives, the CPPCC members come from different backgrounds, which can bring diverse and professional opinions, as well as rich and unique social perspectives, into the policy process, and create favorable conditions for the Communist Party of Chinas decisionmaking in a scientific and democratic way. In order to better realize its representativeness, the CPPCC should not only improve its working mechanism from within, but also achieve an effective connection with the mechanisms of Party representatives and deputies to the National Peoples Congress to promote the development of wholeprocess peoples democracy.

Key words: the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, group representation, interests, opinions, social perspectives