I am putting forward a Global Governance Initiative, to work with all countries in building a fairer and more reasonable system of global governance, and to jointly advance the building of a community with a shared future for mankind

Xi Jinping,

Contemporary political science traditionally treats democracy as a stable state of the political regime of the same name. It presupposes not only the holding of elections, but also the permanent existence of mechanisms of public participation: the activity of parties, political competition, freedom of expression, public oversight, the possibility of peaceful protest, and regular interaction between citizens and state institutions.