Grass-roots deliberative democracy is an important way and practical platform to ensure and realize the critical interests of the mass at the grass-roots level. There is inter-connection between deliberative democracy and governance modernization at the grass-roots level

whereas the values

inherent endowment

and operative characteristics of deliberative democracy at the grass-roots level are highly compatible with grass-roots governance modernization and grass-roots deliberative democracy plays a fundamental role in the modernization of our governance system and governance capabilities. The construction of deliberative democracy cannot be achieved without proceduralization of grass-roots deliberative democracy: public consultation

neutral procedures

rational negotiation

equal and substantive participation

consideration of multiple parties’ interests are the basic principles for the construction of the grass-roots deliberative democracy mechanism. Those principles and rules are not independent but support each other. Units at the grass-roots level can establish their respective grassroots deliberative democracy procedures by following those basic principles and rules and adopting Robert’s rules of order

and advance the institutional construction of grass-roots deliberative democracy and modernization of grass-roots governance system and tools. Furthermore

it will make fundamental contributions to the modernization of our national governance system and governance capabilities.