Soon after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Ya’an of southwest China’s Sichuan Province on June 1, President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made an inspection tour of the province.

Comparing the realization of the national rejuvenation to a relay race, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on young generations to strive for their best to help realize the Chinese Dream at a ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) in Beijing on May 10th.

China's Two Sessions, the annual gatherings of the country’s top legislature and political consultative body, are always occasions for global observers to get a peek into how China’s major policies and measures are discussed and formed, and also serve as great opportunities for outsiders to observe how China’s state leaders relate to the legislators and advisors, and display their political values.

In China, democracy is considered a tool for the benefit of society and not a good in itself.

The whole-process democracy is taking root across China.

The whole-process people's democracy is thriving across Guizhou Province.

Not long ago, Beijing launched a pilot insurance system for severely disabled people. Sun Jie and her three proposals tell us more about the story.

The whole-process people's democracy has comprehensively and extensively promoted the development of the human rights cause in China.

The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, as the first comprehensive global sports event held as scheduled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, set multiple records in Olympic history. Bringing together 2,902 athletes from 91 countries and regions vying for 109 gold medals, Beijing 2022 presented more winter sports events and generated more gold medals than any previous Games. According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Beijing 2022 was also “the most gender-balanced” Winter Games in history, with women accounting for a record 45 percent of the athletes.

“We will spare no effort to present a great Games to the world. The world is turning its eyes to China, and China is ready,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his 2022 New Year address.

As the U.S.-organized “Summit for Democracy” further polarizes an already divided world, democracy has become a buzzword eliciting heated debate. A term derived from ancient Greek, democracy means “rule by the people” or “sovereignty of the people.” Getting at its true essence, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out, “Whether a country is a democracy or not depends on whether its people are really the masters of the country,” when addressing a central conference on work related to people’s congresses in October 2021. As an embodiment of the political advancement of human society, democracy has evolved and been practiced for thousands of years and is still evolving with no universal yardstick agreed upon internationally.