China will carry out political reform actively yet prudently

Source: Xinhua | 03-05-2009 10:49

BEIJING,March 5 (xinhua) -- The development of democracy and the legal system should be strengthened in China, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabo.

"We will carry out political restructuring in an active yet prudent manner and develop socialist democratic politics," Wen said in his government report delivered to the annual session of the Chinese legislature Thursday.

"We need to improve democratic institutions, enrich the forms of democracy, expand its channels, and carry out democratic elections, decision-making, administration and oversight in accordance with the law, " he said.

Wen said that the country will improve the mechanisms of self-governance by the people at the community level and expand the scope of community-level self-governance, improve the system for community-level democratic administration and ensure that the people directly exercise their democratic rights and administer community-level public affairs and public programs in accordance with the law.

He urged to promote the values of socialist democracy, the rule of law, freedom, equality, equity and justice.

Turning 60 years old, the People's Republic of China is moving step by step to further political reform and promote democracy in a typical Chinese way.