Abstract:

As the foundational project of the consultative democracy system, grassroots consultative democracy is also conducive to strengthening the vitality of the whole-process people's democracy rooted at the grassroots level. However, the effective forms of grassroots consultative democracy and the necessary conditions for its realization are rarely examined. A case study of communities in Z Province reveals that the value of grassroots consultative democracy lies in guarding the interests of ordinary people through democracy and governance efficiency. The power structure of grassroots consultation determines whether grassroots participation will be efficient. Put another way, the strength of the grassroots public opinion organs in political transmissions and the the strength of the grassroots administrative organs administrative execution determine, respectively, the intensity and efficiency of grassroots participation. The effectiveness of grassroots consultative democracy is fundamentally tied to the efficiency with which the people’s interests are protected. Effectiveness lies in the government mechanisms that match the public’s interests with efficiency. In the future, complex grassroots consultation will be required to demonstrate the applicability of the effective negotiation analysis framework for interest protection.

Key words: consultative democracy, grassroots government, people-oriented, interests