本书共分5个章节，分别对中国革命与中国民主政治、走进人民民主时代、人民民主的挫折与希望、人民民主的新动力和新方向、民主政治发展的新成就作出了详细的介绍。另外，该书还在最后附上中国民主政治发展的展望。该书可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

Foreword

1 China's Revolution and Political Democracy

  From Democratic Believers to Marxists

  The CPC Had to Take a New Road

  Achievements in Political Democracy during the Revolutionary Period

2 Entering the Era of People's Derr ocracy

  Failure of One-party Dictatorship and the Victory of New Democracy

  New Political Consultative Conference and the Foundation of People's Democratic System

  The Principle of People's Democracy in the Constitution

3 People's Democracy: Frustrated Attempts and Hopes

  People's Democracy and Contradictions among the People

  Retrospect on Erroneous "Big Democracy"

  The Inner-party Democracy Led to the Reform and Opening-up

4 The New Driving Force and Direction for the People's Democracy

  The Progress of Democracy and the Rule of Law Advanced by the Reform

  Interaction between Market Economy and People's Democracy

  Governing by Law Guarantees People's Democracy

  The Three Representatives and Political Democracy

  The Scientific Development Concept and the Orientation of the People's Democracy

5 The Development of Political Democracy

 People's Democratic System Continuously Improved

The Political Party System with Chinese Characteristics

The System of Ethnic Regional Autonomy

 Grassroots Democracy

Building of Grassroots Political Democracy in Rural Areas

Building of Political Democracy in Urban Communities

Building of the System of Conference of Workers and Staff

 New Chapter in China's Human Rights Development

The People s Rights to Subsistence and Development Are Guaranteed

Citizens Civil and Political Rights Are Guaranteed

People s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Are Guaranteed

The Legitimate Rights and Interests of the Special and the Underprivileged Groups of People Are Guaranteed

 Democratic Rule: Fundamental Belief of the CPC

Reforming and Improving the Leadership System and Working Mechanism

Developing Inner-Party Democracy

Expanding Democracy in Cadre and Personnel Work

Tightening Restraints and Supervision over the Use of Power

 Building a Democratic Government of the People

Promoting Administration in Accordance with the Law

Accelerating the Transformation of Government Functions

Making Decisions in a Scientific and Democratic Way

 New Development of Judicial Democracy

Concluding Words