Abstract: The whole-process people's democracy, as a major political concept proposed by the Communist Party of China in the new era, is an important innovation in the field of democratic politics that summarizes the political practices of socialist democracy. It sets out the overarching guideline for further promoting socialist democracy. The wholeprocess people's democracy inherits and develops the core values and basic principles of the Marxist theory of democracy. It reflects the new changes in the principal contradictions facing Chinese society, adapts to the new requirements of democratic political construction, and embodies the new practices of the modernization of national governance. It is an important content for realizing the Chinesestyle modernization. To develop and improve the wholeprocess people's democracy, in principle, we shall preserve the organic unity of Party leadership, the running of the country by the people, and lawbased governance. In terms of pathways, we shall correctly handle the relationship between intraparty democracy and people's democracy to improve the system for the whole-process people's democracy, adhere to democratic centralism and maintain a peoplecentred mindset. Finally, it is necessary to achieve a balance between democratic ideals and democratic realities, maintain a consistency between democratic principles and democratic systems, and make sure that democratic innovation and democratic experience are integrated, and democratic competition and democratic contribution facilitate each other.

Key words: the whole-process people's democracy, the Communist Party of China, the concept of democracy, institutional construction 

摘要： 全过程人民民主是新时代中国共产党提出的重大政治理念、是民主政治领域的重大创新成果，同时也是社会主义民主政治实践的经验总结，是进一步推进社会主义民主政治的基本遵循。全过程人民民主继承和发展了马克思主义民主政治理论的核心价值与基本原则，是中国共产党民主观念历史演进的必然结果，体现了新时代深入推进民主政治发展的创造性理念。全过程人民民主反映了我国社会主要矛盾的新变化、适应了民主政治建设的新要求、体现了国家治理现代化的新实践，是实现中国式现代化本质要求的重要内容。发展和完善全过程人民民主，在原则上要坚持党的领导、人民当家作主、依法治国有机统一；在路径上要正确处理党内民主与人民民主的关系，着力完善全过程人民民主制度体系，坚持民主集中制、践行党的群众路线；在技术上要实现民主理想与民主现实相平衡、民主原则与民主制度相一致、民主创新与民主经验相融合、民主竞争与民主贡献相促进。

关键词: 全过程人民民主, 中国共产党, 民主观念, 制度建构