TheessenceofChinese-styledemocracyistorespectandsafeguardhumanrights,expertssaidonSunday.

ItspurposeistorealizecommonprosperityforthelargeChinesepopulation,achievecoordinateddevelopmentofmaterialgainsandcivilizationandpeopleandnature,andpursuepeacefuldevelopment,saidChenYouwu,deanofGuangdongUniversityofTechnology"sSchoolofLaw.

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TheleadershipoftheCommunistPartyofChinaisanotherimportantcharacteristicofChinese-styledemocracy,whichisimplementedinawhole-processwaythatdiffersfromWestern-styledemocracy,ChensaidataforumhostedbyCentralSouthUniversity"sHumanRightsCenter.

ThecoreofChinese-styledemocracyistoletpeoplemakethedecisions.Allthepowerofthecountrybelongstothepeople,andthehappinessofthepeopleisthebiggesthumanright,hesaid.

LuGuangjin,deputyheadoftheChinaSocietyforHumanRightsStudies,saidthatsimilartomanyothercountries,Chinesepeoplewondemocracyafterfightingforitrelentlessly,andtheyattachgreatimportancetoit.However,itshouldalsoberememberedthatduetothecorruptionandincompetenceoftherulingclassinearlymodernChina,Chinesepeopledidnotenjoydemocracy.

TheCPCliberatedChinesepeoplefromoppressionandexploitationandenabledthemtomaketheirowndecisionsandwinpoliticalandhumanrights,hesaid.

Eachcountryhasitsownstyleofdemocracy,andthestandardtoevaluateacountry"sdemocracyiswhetherithassafeguardedthepeople"sinterestsandissupportedbythepeople,hesaid.

Chinese-styledemocracy,whichhassomecharacteristicsincommonwithdemocraciesinothercountries,isuniquebecauseitissocialist,people-centered,whole-processandstillunderdevelopment,hesaid.

ThereareprofoundhistoricalandsocialreasonsforChinatoembarkonademocraticpathdifferentfromWesternones.ToeasilyoverlookChinese-styledemocracyisunwise,andhistoryhasprovedthatimposingonecountry"sdemocraticstyleonanothercannotleadtodemocracy,headded.

HeZhipeng,deanofJilinUniversity"sSchoolofLaw,saiddemocracyisonlyonetypeofgovernancemodel.

Moreover,democracyisatypeofhumanright,anditsimplementationmightinfluenceotherrights,hesaid.

Western-styledemocracyisbasedonvoting,capitalismandpartisanrivalry,whiletheidealChinese-styledemocracyfeatureswhole-processparticipationandconsultationofdifferentpoliticalparties,andaimstoachievethegreatrejuvenationoftheChinesenation,headded.

ChangJian,directorofNankaiUniversity"sResearchCenteronHumanRights,saiddemocracyalsohasitsshortcomings,asthereareallkindsofpeoplewhohavedifferentvoices.Soinordertorealizedemocracy,compromisesneedtobemadeandsuchpoliciescansometimesbetheworstones.

Inordertoovercometheshortcomings,Westerncountrieshavechosenelectionsandparliamenttoreachconsensus,whileChinafocusesontheParty"sleadandletsthePartycoordinatedifferentopinions,hesaid.

China"swhole-processpeople"sdemocracymeansdemocracyinelections,policymaking,grassroots-levelgovernanceandenterprisemanagementaswellasdemocracyininternationalrelations,headded.