邓小平1956年9月当选为中央政治局常委、中央委员会总书记,成为以毛泽东为首的第一代中央领导集体重要成员。他在“文革”中受到批斗,历经磨难,对党和国家此时践行民主集中制,具有深切体会。“文革”后,他主导党和国家领导工作,就完善和坚持民主集中制,积极进行了探索。认真总结汲取这些经验教训,对我们党推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化,贯彻落实依法治国方略,具有重要意义。一、邓小平民主集中制思想的主要观点 Deng Xiaoping was elected as a member of the Central Political Bureau Standing Committee and General Secretary of the Central Committee in September 1956 and became an important member of the first generation of the central leadership collective headed by Mao Zedong. He was criticized in the “Cultural Revolution” and suffered hardships and profoundly experienced the practice of democratic centralism by the party and the state at this time. “Cultural Revolution ”, he led the party and state leadership work, to improve and adhere to the democratic centralism, actively explored. To sum up lessons learned from these experiences and lessons is of great significance to our party in promoting the state administration system and the modernization of its governance capabilities and implementing the strategy of governing the country according to law. First, Deng Xiaoping’s main idea of ​​democratic centralism