The mechanism of the two sessions is a mechanism that establishes a close relationship between the system of the People's Congress and the system of the People's Political Consultative Conference and plays a role together. It is the institutional carrier that our power organs and special consultative bodies, electoral democracy and consultative democracy complement each other and complement each other. It is an institutional innovation of human democracy and fully demonstrates the advantages of the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style democracy is full of vigor and vitality. "It works well" plays an important role in the modernization of the national governance system and capacity.
The two sessions mechanism is the unique arrangement and important carrier of the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics. Deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) gathered together to discuss the country's interests. They jointly implemented democratic election, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision in accordance with the law and the articles of association. They reflected the will of the people and protected their rights and interests in national governance, which is unique in the world today. All power in the People's Republic of China belongs to the people, and the highest organ for the people to exercise power is the National People's Congress. The National People's Congress guarantees the broad participation of the people in the legislative process, and makes the claims of the Party Central Committee become the will of the state through legal procedures. The highest administrative organ, supervisory organ, judicial organ and procuratorial organ of the state are created by the National People's Congress, responsible for them and subject to their supervision, so as to ensure the correct exercise of power and the efficient operation of state organs.
As an institutional arrangement with Chinese characteristics, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is the broadest patriotic united front organization compatible with China's national and political system. It makes two-way efforts to advise and support government and build consensus. It has an important channel for socialist consultative democracy and the institutional advantages of special consultative institutions, which reflects "I have what you do not have, I can you can not" The characteristics and advantages of the political system, through the consultative democratic process, so that the party's ideas into the consensus of all sectors of society. The mechanism of the two sessions organically combines democracy and centralization, which is a creative contribution to the world democratic political system.
The two sessions mechanism originated from the practice of democratic political life in China and fully demonstrated the advantages of the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics. The National People's Congress deliberates the work report of "one government, one committee and two houses", examines and approves the report of the State Council on the implementation of the national economic and social development plan of the previous year and the draft national economic and social development plan of the current year, examines and approves the report of the State Council on the implementation of the central and local budgets of the previous year and the draft central and local budgets of the current year Review the laws, elections and decisions on the appointment of members of national institutions submitted to the General Assembly for adoption.
The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference listened to and discussed the work report of "one government, one committee, two houses" and other relevant reports, earnestly performed its functions, gave play to the talent pool and intelligence intensive advantages, discussed the important draft laws to be submitted to the National People's Congress for adoption, and put forward opinions and suggestions on the important deployment of the party and the state and its implementation, "Focus on the supervision of the implementation of major policies and important decisions of the Party and the state". Deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, through deliberation and discussion of important issues such as government work reports, correctly and effectively supervise, perform their duties for the country and the people, and seek reform and promote development.
The NPC and CPPCC are important mechanisms to give play to the role of the organs of power of the National People's Congress and the special consultative bodies of the CPPCC, and to perform power supervision and democratic supervision. "One government, one committee and two houses", through reporting to the NPC deputies and CPPCC members of the NPC and CPPCC, accept the supervision and inquiries of NPC deputies, listen to the opinions and suggestions of CPPCC members, widely gather consensus, seek the greatest common denominator, and translate the decisions and arrangements of the party and the state into practical actions of the people of the country, Translate the advantages of the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics into the effectiveness of national governance. Deputies to the National People's Congress and CPPCC members come from the people and are rooted in the people. They give full play to the advantages of being grounded, observing the people's situation and gathering the wisdom of the people, strive to meet the people's demands and respond to them, earnestly perform their duties, pass bills and proposals, put forward opinions and suggestions on the work of the government, review and discuss major issues such as the work report of "one government, one committee, two houses", It provides a concrete expression mechanism for socialist electoral democracy and consultative democracy, and is a democratic form suitable for China's national conditions.
The two sessions of the National People's Congress are a process of observing people's conditions, reflecting people's will, concentrating people's wisdom, and rallying people's hearts. They are also the institutional guarantee of our democratic politics. The people exercise their rights through elections and ballots, and all parties within the people consult fully before making major decisions to reach consensus on common issues as far as possible. These are two important forms of socialist democracy in China. The former is electoral democracy, and the latter is consultative democracy. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "In China, these two forms of democracy do not replace or deny each other, but complement each other and complement each other, which together constitute the institutional characteristics and advantages of China's socialist democratic politics."
The convening and operation of the National Two Sessions is a window for the world to observe China's socialist democracy. The sudden COVID-19 epidemic is a big test of China's governance system and capacity. Faced with arduous tasks and complex situations, at this year's two sessions of the National People's Congress, delegates and members fully promoted democracy, submitted bills and proposals, expressed opinions and suggestions, and rallied around issues such as coordinated promotion of normalized epidemic prevention and control, resumption of work and production, poverty alleviation, public health system construction, "six stability" work, and implementation of the "six guarantees" task, All policies and measures of the CPC Central Committee on the overall promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development have been consolidated into the consensus of the people of the country.
After the two sessions, members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) should, in accordance with the requirements of President Wang Yang, have "two overall interests" in mind, strengthen their responsibility, improve their ability to be good at taking on responsibilities, take the lead in taking on responsibilities, give full play to the role of special consultative institutions, better pool consensus with the four "not" and "but" working methods, and under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, We will translate the consensus reached at the two sessions into practical actions, address weaknesses, gaps, strengths, and weaknesses, serve the overall situation, dare to take responsibility, and be good at doing things, work hard to solve the problems caused by the epidemic, contribute to China's economic and social development, make the performance of duties "useful" and "effective", fully demonstrate the advantages of the socialist democratic system with Chinese characteristics, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and capacity, We will make the CPPCC system more mature and more stereotyped.
(Author Zhao Lianwen, Executive Deputy Director and Researcher of Beijing Political Civilization Construction Research Base of Beijing Union University, Special Researcher of Beijing Research Base of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Thoughts on Strengthening and Improving the Work of the CPPCC; Chen Xu, Deputy Secretary General of the CPPCC Beijing Municipal Committee and Director of the Research Office)
