1. Developing grass-roots democracy and safeguarding people's real democratic rights is an important part of developing socialist democratic politics in China.
2. Developing grass-roots democracy, implementing villagers' autonomy and urban residents' autonomy, ensuring people's direct exercise of democratic rights according to law, and managing grass-roots public affairs and public welfare undertakings are the most effective ways for people to be masters of their own affairs.
3. It is the most extensive and profound practice of socialist democracy to implement villagers' autonomy and urban residents' autonomy and expand grass-roots democracy. China regards it as a basic project to develop socialist democracy.