Development and Pefection of Social Contract in China

DEVELOPMENT AND PEFECTION OF SOCIAL CONTRACT IN CHINA

As the second biggest economic powerhouse, China are devoting to change itself

not only in the economic area but also in the area of the relationship between the

government and the people. Measures regarding to social contract that Chinese

government takes should be considered. Meanwhile, steps regarding to support the

operation of the government should to stride forward by individuals. This essay will

put forward some ideas about it. The process of democracy will be discussed as

well.

Chinese unique democracy is dependent upon its special national conditions

compared with western countries. Over the past 40 years, the greatest economic

progress has been made in China. The government starts to pay attention to the

democracy and human rights. Chinese citizens are demanding it in pace with

Ideological Awakening. According to Martin Jacuqes(2016), the Chinese

government is recognized likely as the member of the family and even the head of

the family. The the Communist Party of China win the civil war and led people to

establish new country under the banner of democracy. Although it quite different

from the west, it is normal. Every theory from west would be change if it is spread

to east due to distinct national conditions. Confucianism has existed since two

thousand and had a deep impress on Chinese citizens. This ideology claim that the

ruling class should insist the policy of benevolence. The government should follow

and cherish people and the people should support the government in turn.

Furthermore, Confucianism is deeply rooted in the heart of people, and its

correctness is above suspicion in China. On the other hand, Marxism has spread

into and took root in China over past one hundred. Therefore, the government

should not process democracy by western approach.

From the view of west, the level of democracy is the the standard of evaluation to

politics. Westerners tend to think that Chinese government has not practised

democracy. However, the democracy in China is different from the west. The

Chinese citizens treat government as a patriarch instead of the target of criticism

that westerners usually do due to the historical development of government

authority. To some extent, achieving economic growth does not require democratic

background. XZBU(2012a) states that development of democracy is not the

ultimate goal. Since the 1990s, western political scholars have gradually

transferred from the center of gravity on the possibility of democratic political

transition in to the study on the different situations in different countries. At the

same time, a growing number of developing countries have gradually realized that

the development of democratic politics is not the ultimate goal. More importantly,

should consider coordination, local society, economic and political, historical and

cultural traditions and effective operation so as to improve the governance

performance and democracy. In other words, the development of democracy is not

only a single and fixed pattern.

It is important to understand the special context of the democracy in china. The rise

of process of China differ from west. More than 150 years ago, centralism was

regard as the guarantee of prosper in the views of most people. The then

government had supreme power.