党的十六大报告指出 :“发展社会主义民主政治 ,建设社会主义政治文明 ,是全面建设小康社会的重要目标。”扩大基层民主 ,是发展社会主义民主的基础性工作。目前 ,我国农村基层民主由两个方面构成。一是以乡镇基层政权为主体所形成的政治生活 ,主要包括完善乡镇人民代表大会制? The report of the 16th National Congress of the CPC pointed out: “To develop socialist democratic politics and build a socialist political civilization are all important goals in building an overall well-to-do society.” Expanding grassroots-level democracy is a basic work for developing socialist democracy. At present, the grassroots democracy in rural China consists of two aspects. First, the political life formed by the grassroots-level political power in villages and towns mainly includes improving the system of township people’s congresses.