民主：共产党的生命

能否正确认识和处理共产党与民主的关系不仅是意义重大的理论问题，还是决定共产党能否完成历史使命的重大实践问题。在共产党历史上，对于两者的关系，有的认识清晰却缺乏一贯性，有的认识模糊，有的认识片面、偏颇；而且，共产党的民主实践在发展民主具体形式方面也做得不够。民主是共产党历史使命的题中应有之义，民主是共产党的组织基础和活动原则，民主是共产党完成历史使命的形式。

Democracy: Life of Communist Party

Whether the Communist Parties can learn of and deal with the relationship between democracy and themselves is not only a meaningful theoretical problem, but also an important practical one. In the history of the Communist Parties, some parties learn of the relationship clearly but lack of consistency, some can not learn it clearly, some even form unilateral and bi ased point of view. What＇s more, the Communist Parties＇ practices of developing specific democracy form are not yet enough. The article discusses the relationship between the Communist Parties and democracy from four respects, which are ＂democracy is the natural mission of the Communist Party＂, ＂democracy is organization base and action principle of the Communist Party＂, ＂democracy is one way through which the Communist Party fulfill its historical mission＂ and ＂the Communist Party should lead the construction of socialist democracy＂.