The philosophical foundation of the theory of people’s democratic dictatorship is historical materialism. It determines the generation, mission, and destination of the people's democratic dictatorship according to the law of class struggle. According to the principle that the people are the creators of history, the main body of the people’s democratic dictatorship is established. According to the historical development law of the country’s return to society, the role of the people’s democratic dictatorship as public servants of the society is established. According to the principle of reaction of state power to the development of productive forces the historical task of the people’s democratic dictatorship to develop the economy is established. The theory and practice of the people’s democratic dictatorship have experienced three historical evolutions in the course of development: during the period of socialist revolution and construction, it changed from the theory of new democratic regime to the theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the theme of national political life changed from dealing with class conflicts to correctly dealing with internal conflicts among the people; during the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, the way of governing the country changed from launching political movements to promoting the rule of law; in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the modernization of China’s system and capacity for governance is further promoted on the basis of the law-based governance of China. The theory of the people’s democratic dictatorship is faced with many new problems in the new era, but it has been enriched and developed in practice, thus leaping to a new height.

Editor: Zhong Yao、Zheng Yifan

From:Journal of Beijing Union University(Humanities and Social Sciences).2022.No.2.