陈坚，法学博士，中央党史和文献研究院国家高端智库专家、研究员，中国中共党史学会党建史专委会副秘书长，全国多所高校客座教授，多家中央级媒体特约撰稿人，多次参与国家社科基金项目，发表理论与学术文章100余篇，出版政党政治类图书著作10多部，合著《当代中国政治》（2014）。
Chen Jian, Doctor of Laws, National High-Level Think Tank Expert of the CPC Central Committee Party History and Literature Institute, Visiting Professor of multiple domestic universities, Special Contributor to multiple CPC central-level media. Chen has participated in various projects of the National Social Science Fund and published over 100 theoretical and academic papers as well as over 10 books on politics and parties. He also co-authored Contemporary China’s Politics (2014).

“当代中国”丛书包括8个分册，以鲜明的中国价值理念为理论基础，涵盖中共十八大报告中“五位一体”总体战略布局中的经济建设、政治建设、文化建设、社会建设、生态文明建设等五个方面，全面介绍当代中国主要方面的基本情况和中国特色社会主义发展道路。
The Contemporary China Series includes eight books, based on distinct Chinese values, reveals how China promotes coordinated economic, political, cultural, social and ecological advancement. The series comprehensively introduces the basic situation of contemporary China and the development path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
本书介绍了中国的基本政治制度与政治运行机制，也介绍了当代中国政治的具体实践，包括行政管理体制与机构改革、法治中国建设、公民政治参与、反对腐败与建设廉洁政治等，体现了当代中国政治文明发展的成果。
Contemporary China's Politics introduces China’s basic political system and political operation mechanism, as well as specific political practices, including administrative management system and institutional reform, the construction of China’s rule of law, citizens’ participation in political affairs, anti-corruption and the building of a clean government, reflecting contemporary China’s fruits in the development of political civilization.

Democratic political system refers to the institutionalized outcome of human political civilization development as well as the common pursuit of nations throughout the world. However, due to differences between different states and nations, the development paths and patterns of democratic politics vary. After a history of more than 2,000 years of feudal society and more than 100 years of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, China gradually explored and established the path of democratic politics with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. To realize and develop democratic politics of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the unswerving goal of the CPC, and the political guarantee of Chinese people’s dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation under the leadership of the CPC.
Unique cultural tradition, unique historical destiny and unique basic state situation determine that China will inevitably take the development path suitable to her characteristics. The fundamental content of the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics includes the following: the National People’s Congress (NPC) system, the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC, the system of regional autonomy for ethnic groups, and the system of grassroots self-governance. All of them fully embody the people’s democracy of China.

Foreword
I. China’s current basic political systems
The National People’s Congress system advances with the times
The multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China
The system of regional autonomy for ethnic groups
Grassroots self-governing and democratic management system
II. The leadership system and political operation mechanism
The system for collective leadership and division of responsibility
Administration structure and functions
Decision-making and implementation and operation mechanisms
Restriction of power and supervision mechanism
Optimizing decision-making, consulting and coordination institutions
III. Innovations in administrative management system and institutional reform
Transformation of government functions, streamlined administration and institutional decentralization
Promotion of law-based government administration and rule of law
Establishment and improvement of the civil service system
Transparency in government affairs and administrative accountability
Promoting super-ministries reform of the government
Reconstructing institutional functions in an all-round way
IV. Comprehensively promoting the law-based governance
Legislative system and legal system in China
Proposal of law-based governance and legislation improvement
Human rights under full protection of legal system
Judicial system reform and fair administration of justice
Safeguarding the authority of the Constitution and promoting the spirit of law
V. Broad and multi-level approaches of democratic participation
Multi-level electoral system
China’s deliberative democracy
Urban and rural grassroots democracy forms
Governing online and network supervision
VI. Anti-corruption and building a clean government, reform for the national supervision system
Working mechanisms for anti-corruption and building a clean government
Legal systems for anti-corruption and upholding integrity
Severely punishing corruption according to law
Integrity education and culture
International cooperation and exchanges on anti-corruption
Reform of the national supervision system