The soundness and perfection of the democratic centralism is the key reason for the success of the CPC. The historical logic, theoretical logic, practical logic and current problems of democratic centralism must be thoroughly studied, scientifically analyzed and accurately grasped. As far as the historical logic is concerned, the theory of political parties of Marx and Engels contains some elements or fragments of democratic centralism, and the democratic centralism was founded in the theory and practice of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (SDPLP) represented by Lenin, and was really developed and perfected in the theory and practice of the CPC. As far as the theoretical logic is concerned, democratic centralism is centralism in the sense of democracy or on the basis of democracy, and it is an objective law of party building, in which democracy and centralization are prerequisites for each other, dependent on each other, interpenetrating each other, and are both indispensable. As far as the logic of practice is concerned, democratic centralism is embodied in the following five aspects: it is the fundamental organizational principle of the Party, is the principle of collective leadership and decision-making, is the organizational principle of state power, is the Party’s mass line, and is the organizational principle of the country’s economic life, social life and cultural life. As far as the solution to its current problems is concerned, it is necessary, on the one hand, to insist on taking the political construction of the Party as the overarching principle and to resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and on the other hand, to continue to promote the construction of democratic politics and to improve and perfect the mechanism for monitoring and restraining public power.

　　Editor: Zhong Yao  Deng Panyi

　　From:Studies on Marxism.2024.No.6.