Spokesman: Democracy not certain nations' privilege (2)

Journalists raise their hands for questions on Thursday at a news conference for the fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing. [Photo by Jia Ning/For China Daily]

"The US usurps the banner of democracy to serve its own interests, which the people of the world have seen clearly."

Guo said that some Western countries, with their own people increasingly dissatisfied with their chaotic social governance, tried to impose their so-called democratic model on other countries through "color revolutions", causing serious disasters.

He cited a recent public opinion survey conducted by an international company, which showed that among 28 countries surveyed, Chinese people have the highest level of trust in their government, over 90 percent. This is in sharp contrast to the US, where the public's trust in their government is less than 40 percent.

Guo said China has formed a democratic political system with Chinese characteristics during its long-term development and construction.

"We've carried out democratic elections, consultations, decision-making, management and supervision in accordance with the law, blazing a path of developing whole-process people's democracy," he said.

"It has vigorously promoted long-term socioeconomic development, improving people's living standards and bringing continuous social and cultural progress," he added.

As a specialized consultative body for socialist consultative democracy, the CPPCC is an important institutional arrangement in developing China's democracy, Guo said.

Last year, the CPPCC National Committee held 25 major consultation activities, carried out 82 investigations and surveys and filed more than 5,000 proposals, Guo said.

A five-year plan for democratic oversight was also launched last year, in which the 10 special committees under the CPPCC National Committee follow the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) from different perspectives, and conduct consultative supervision with the authorities to ensure that major decisions are implemented, he added.