“坚定不移发展社会主义民主政治”是中共十七大政治报告的关键词,由此不难体味“民主”在当下中国政治话语中的突显地位。其实,对执政党而言,民主不仅是一种治国的理念和价值观,亦已成为从自身做起的一种实践。近年来党内民主的种种试验,其蓬勃的民主活力已激荡起深远的效应。 “Unswervingly Developing Socialist Democracy” is the key word in the political report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, from which it is easy to appreciate the prominence of “democracy” in contemporary Chinese political discourse. In fact, for the ruling party, democracy is not only a concept and value governing the country, but has also become a practice initiated by itself. In recent years, various tests of intra-party democracy have been stirring up their profound democratic vitality.