Abstract: Developing wholeprocess people's democracy is the core category of Chinese political modernization to create a new form of human political advancement. A scientific inspection of the concept and connotation of the “wholeprocess” is not only the logical premise to promote the deepening of the study of wholeprocess peoples democracy, but also the cognitive basis to continuously expand the space for the development of wholeprocess peoples democracy in practice. Based on a threedimensional analytical framework at the micro, meso and macro levels and within the content structure dimension of “normativityempiricism”, this paper shows that the process of procedural regulation and substantive protection of the basic rights of citizens at the micro level, the process of scientific construction and effective operation of political system at the meso level, and the process of value integration and path expansion of new political civilization at the macro level constitute the abundant connotation of the concept of “wholeprocess”, demonstrating that wholeprocess peoples democracy is the broadest, most authentic and most effective form of democracy.

Key words: whole-process people's democracy, democratic participation, institutional system, governance capacity, political development

摘要： 发展全过程人民民主是以中国式政治现代化开创人类政治文明新形态的核心范畴，科学审视“全过程”的概念内涵，既是推动全过程人民民主研究走向深化的逻辑前提，也是在实践中不断拓展全过程人民民主发展空间的认知基础。基于“微观—中观—宏观”的单元层次维度和“规范性—经验性”的内容结构维度构成的立体式分析框架的考察表明，微观层面公民基本权利的程序规定与实质保障过程、中观层面政治制度体系的科学构建与有效运行过程、宏观层面新型政治文明的价值整合与道路拓展过程，共同构成了全过程人民民主“全过程”概念的丰富内涵，充分彰显了全过程人民民主是最广泛、最真实、最管用的民主。

关键词: 全过程人民民主, 民主参与, 制度体系, 治理能力, 政治发展