民主集中制是中国共产党的根本制度。党在全国执政后，民主集中制又成为国家的根本制度。民主集中制建设，关系党的事业的兴衰成败，关系党和国家的命运前途。因此，回顾建国以来民主集中制建设的曲折历程，总结其经验教训，对于加强新时期党的民主集中制建设和社会主义民主建 Democratic centralism is the fundamental system of the Chinese Communist Party. After the party came to power in the whole country, democratic centralism became the fundamental system of the country. The construction of democratic centralism has a bearing on the success or failure of the party’s cause and on the future of the fate of the party and the country. Therefore, reviewing the tortuous course of democratic centralism since the founding of the People’s Republic of China and summarizing its experiences and lessons are of great significance in strengthening the party’s democratic centralism and socialist democracy in the new period