<p>This study investigates whole-process people’s democracy (WPD), focusing on its integration of direct and indirect democracy and provides a potential answer to the question of what constitutes democracy today by proposing a new paradigm for modern democracy. Modern democratic theory predominantly equates democracy with representative democracy, thereby reducing democratic practice to voting and competitive elections and confining it to a set of indirect democratic practices. In contrast, WPD highlights direct democratic practices, such as public participation in the management of state and public affairs, to remedy the deficiencies of representative democracy. This effort embodies the Party’s commitment to safeguarding and upholding the people’s right to run the country. Furthermore, WPD integrates direct and indirect democracy by adopting consultation (<i>xieshang</i> 协商) as its fundamental technical procedure. Rooted in China’s socialist democracy, consultation has evolved from a guiding principle to a formalized technical procedure. It will continue expanding into an extensive, multilevel, and institutionalized technical procedure that effectively integrates direct and indirect democracy within WPD practice.</p>