‘There should not be just one door leading to the sanctuary of democracy, but many.”
“Democracy should come in many flavors, like ice cream.”
These are views expressed by participants in the International Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values, held in Beijing both onsite and online on March 22-23. At the event, about 200 participants, including politicians and diplomats, as well as scholars and other experts on democracy, from more than 100 countries, regions and international organizations, brainstormed and exchanged views on democracy-related issues.
They reached the consensus that democracy is diversified and no one form is superior to another.
This year’s event is the second edition of the annual forum, which first launched in 2021. The forum was hosted by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council Information Office and co-organized by
