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　　(Excerpts from ＂The Communist Party of China and the Country’s Fundamental System＂ by Xin Chunying, Qiushi Journal, No. 01, 2022)
　　基层民主制度更加成熟
　　The primary-level democratic system has become more mature
　　基层民主制度建设，是中国特色社会主义民主政治建设的重要内容，是发展更广泛、更充分、更健全的人民民主的迫切要求。
　　The development of a primary-level democratic system is an important element in developing socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics and an urgent requirement for building a broader, fuller, and more complete people’s democracy.
　　明确以基层国家政权建设和基层群众自治为抓手，加强县级人大及其常委会、街道人大工作机构、乡镇人大主席团的组织建设。
　　It has been clarified that the development of primary-level government and community-level self-governance would be the starting point for strengthening county-level people’s congresses and their standing committees, the working institutions of community-level people’s congresses, and the presidiums of township-level people’s congresses.
　　全国人大常委会和地方各级人大常委会设立基层立法联系点、预算审查联系点，倾听人民群众的意见和呼声，保证全过程人民民主不发生堵塞。
　　The NPC Standing Committee and the standing committees of local people＂s congresses have established systems for staying connected with local communities on legislative matters and budget reviews, so they can hear the opinions of the people and ensure the smooth functioning of whole-process democracy.