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<p>Agenda democracy emphasizes citizens’ effective influence on policy agendas as central to democratic quality. Traditional electoral democracy typically overlooks policy substance, while deliberative democracy faces challenges in linking discourse to political systems, thereby limiting agenda democratization. This study analyzes China’s consultative democracy, which is embedded within its institutional framework and systematically transforms public agendas into policy agendas, ensuring a continuous integration of popular will into official decision-making and government action. Through institutionalized consultative mechanisms tailored to diverse public concerns, consultative democracy fosters broad participation, equal dialogue, and dynamic agenda adjustment across policy stages. This process enhances citizens’ substantive influence on policy formulation and implementation, addressing structural inequality and improving governance responsiveness. Consultative democracy serves as a viable model for advancing agenda democratization by bridging public opinion and political decision-making, thereby contributing to an inclusive and adaptive democratic governance.</p>

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Consultative Democracy and the Democratization of Agenda-Setting in China

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    2026年5月23日

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  • Xuesong Ma,
  • Hu Chen

摘要

Agenda democracy emphasizes citizens’ effective influence on policy agendas as central to democratic quality. Traditional electoral democracy typically overlooks policy substance, while deliberative democracy faces challenges in linking discourse to political systems, thereby limiting agenda democratization. This study analyzes China’s consultative democracy, which is embedded within its institutional framework and systematically transforms public agendas into policy agendas, ensuring a continuous integration of popular will into official decision-making and government action. Through institutionalized consultative mechanisms tailored to diverse public concerns, consultative democracy fosters broad participation, equal dialogue, and dynamic agenda adjustment across policy stages. This process enhances citizens’ substantive influence on policy formulation and implementation, addressing structural inequality and improving governance responsiveness. Consultative democracy serves as a viable model for advancing agenda democratization by bridging public opinion and political decision-making, thereby contributing to an inclusive and adaptive democratic governance.