民主集中制正误

民主集中制作为我们党的根本组织原则和组织制度，人们已经耳熟能详。但究竟什么是民主集中制？民主集中制概念起于何时？民主集中制到底属于哪个范畴？长期以来却存在许多误解和曲解。据有关文献记载，“民主集中制”一词最早由德国工人总会施威伊泽使用。从俄文的原意看，民主集中制并不是“民主（制）＋集中（制）”，而是“民主的集中制”。分析“民主的集中制”的内涵，民主集中制是组织原则，而不是政治原则。

Correct and Wrong Understandings to Democratic Centralism

As the basic organization principle and organization system, democratic centralism is familiar with the people. But what is democratic centralism on earth？ When did the concept that democratic centralism originated？ Which category does democratic centralism belong to？ There have been many misunderstandings for a long time. According to the records of related documents, the term that democratic centralism was firstly used by Sweize who was from General Assembly of German Workers. The original Russian implication of democratic centralism was not ＂democracy plus centralism＂ but democratic centralism. Through analyzing the connotation of the＂ Democratic centralism＂, We can know that democratic centralism is an organization principle, not a political principle.