Mutual Shaping of the Party and the State:A Political Analysis of China's Modern State Building and State Development
Since the emergence of political parties in modern China,reorganizing the state and society has been the responsibility and mission of these parties.Within the specific historical context of transitioning from traditional China to a modern state,the reorganization of the state and society objectively required addressing both"democracy issues"and"centralization issues".Guided by Marxism and adhering to the principle of democratic centralism,the Communist Party of China extended this principle from the party to the state.In the process of reorganizing the state and society,it accomplished a revolutionary overhaul of the state's form,truly leading the historical process of China's modern state building.It is this interconnected organizational principle between the party and the state that closely links the Communist Party of China with the People's Republic of China as a modern state,forming a mutual shaping relationship between the party and the state.The shaping of the state by the party is key to understanding the political logic behind China's modern state building over the past century,especially the state development of the People's Republic of China,and the party logic that determines and safeguards this political logic.The shaping of the party by the state and the party's conscious response to this shaping are crucial for understanding the"changes"and"constancy"of party-state relations,party-society relations and the self-orientation of the party in the century-long history of the CPC.
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