《求是》杂志发表习近平总书记重要文章《加强和改进人民政协工作

全面发展协商民主》

新华社北京2月29日电　3月1日出版的第5期《求是》杂志将发表中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平的重要文章《加强和改进人民政协工作　全面发展协商民主》。这是习近平总书记2013年2月至2023年6月期间有关重要论述的节录。

文章指出，人民政协是中国共产党把马克思列宁主义统一战线理论、政党理论、民主政治理论同中国实际相结合的伟大成果，是中国共产党领导各民主党派、无党派人士、人民团体和各族各界人士在政治制度上进行的伟大创造。在中国共产党领导下，人民政协坚持团结和民主两大主题，服务党和国家中心任务，在建立新中国和社会主义革命、建设、改革各个历史时期发挥了十分重要的作用。实践证明，人民政协制度具有多方面的独特优势。

文章指出，党的十八大以来，我们总结经验，对人民政协工作提出了一系列新要求，主要有以下几个方面。一是加强党对人民政协工作的领导。二是准确把握人民政协性质定位。三是发挥好人民政协专门协商机构作用。四是坚持和完善我国新型政党制度。五是广泛凝聚人心和力量。六是聚焦党和国家中心任务履职尽责。七是坚持人民政协为人民。八是以改革创新精神推进履职能力建设。新形势下，我们必须把人民政协制度坚持好、把人民政协事业发展好，增强开展统一战线工作的责任担当，把更多的人团结在党的周围。

文章指出，中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度作为我国一项基本政治制度，是从中国土壤中生长出来的新型政党制度。它不仅符合当代中国实际，而且符合中华民族一贯倡导的天下为公、兼容并蓄、求同存异等优秀传统文化，是对人类政治文明的重大贡献。要坚持和完善中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度，坚持党的领导、统一战线、协商民主有机结合，坚持发扬民主和增进团结相互贯通、建言资政和凝聚共识双向发力，发挥人民政协作为专门协商机构作用，加强制度化、规范化、程序化等功能建设。

文章强调，要全面发展协商民主。协商民主是实践全过程人民民主的重要形式。人民政协在协商中促进广泛团结、推进多党合作、实践人民民主，既秉承历史传统，又反映时代特征，充分体现了我国社会主义民主有事多商量、遇事多商量、做事多商量的特点和优势。要完善协商民主体系，统筹推进政党协商、人大协商、政府协商、政协协商、人民团体协商、基层协商以及社会组织协商，健全各种制度化协商平台，推进协商民主广泛多层制度化发展。

Xi's article on strengthening, improving work of CPPCC to be published

BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on strengthening and improving the work of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and fully developing consultative democracy will be published on Friday.

The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in this year's fifth issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.

The CPPCC is a great achievement of the CPC in combining the Marxist-Leninist theories of the united front, political parties, and democratic politics with the conditions in China, according to the article.

It adds that the CPPCC is an innovation in terms of political system involving political parties, prominent figures without party affiliation, people's organizations, and people from all walks of life and all ethnic groups under the leadership of the CPC.

The CPPCC has played a significant role in the founding of the People's Republic of China and in each historical period of socialist revolution, development and reform, the article notes.

It is imperative to adhere to the CPPCC system, champion the cause of the CPPCC, carry out the work related to the united front with a strong sense of responsibility, and unite more people around the Party, says the article.

The article stresses the importance of upholding and improving the system of CPC-led multiparty cooperation and political consultation and ensuring the integration of Party leadership, the united front, and consultative democracy.

It calls for giving play to the CPPCC's role as a specialized consultative body and improving its institutions, standards and procedures.

The article emphasizes the need to fully develop consultative democracy, which is an important way by which whole-process people's democracy is practiced.

Efforts should be made to improve the system of consultative democracy and improve various institutional consultative platforms to promote extensive, multilevel, and institutionalized development of consultative democracy, it says.

The article is a compilation of excerpts from Xi's important discourses on relevant topics from February 2013 to June 2023. ■