Unique political system rooted in China's historical and social soil

Two punctuation marks have generally symbolized the world's impression about China in the 21st century: the exclamation mark and the question mark. The first signifies surprise over a developing country with a huge population and economic aggregate faced with complicated situations maintaining long-term stability and achieving unprecedented development to become the world's second-largest economy and a leading promoter of better global governance. And the second represents curiosity over the secret to China's marvelous development, hoping to understand the inherent logic of China's well-functioning economy and society.

At a time when partisan politics has come to symbolize modern politics, how has the Communist Party of China maintained long-term leadership in China and achieved great successes while the bipartisan and multiparty systems have failed to do the same in the West?

Traditional Western political textbooks don't have the answer to this question. Instead, the ongoing annual sessions of China's top legislature and top political advisory body offer the best window to the outside world to get the answer.