把民主和集中看成是一前一后的两个过程,把党内民主等同于民主集中制的民主,进而认为民主集中制的地位高于党内民主,这是导致对民主集中制各种错误认识的重要根源。本文从探讨党内民主的内涵及其基本原则开始,进而从党内民主与民主集中制的关系中进一步探讨民主集中制的定位和实质问题。 To regard democracy and concentration as one after another, to equate intra-party democracy with that of democratically centralized democracy, and to think that the status of democratic centralism is higher than that of inner-party democracy, which has led to various kinds of democratic centralism An important source of misconceptions. This article begins with the exploration of the connotation and basic principles of inner-party democracy, and further explores the orientation and essence of democratic centralism from the relationship between inner-party democracy and democratic centralism.