After several decades of reform and opening up, China has come to a critical period of transformation and development. How to improve the development strategies to effectively promote China's democratic politics has once again attracted the world's attention.

This book compares the commons and differences between western and Chinese theories and practices of democracy model, and proposes a new democracy model for China's political reform "cooperative-harmonious democracy." Absorbing the core values of democracy, this model draws on Chinese traditional "harmony and...