摘要：作为观念形态的民主进入中国以后，在不同的历史语境下获得了不同的理解，也得到了长足的发展。历经百年，民主观念综合完成了从西方式发轫到中国特色社会主义民主的现代建构。伴随着中国的近代化进程，我国民主观念得以生成并在曲折中缓慢发展。改革开放后，随着我国民主政治建设的深入及政治、经济体制的一系列改革，公民的民主责任意识、政治参与意识、民主要求、监督意识及平等观念不断增强，我国的民主观念得到前所未有的升华，民主已渐渐深入人心。然而，中国社会民主观念发展过程中依然存在诸多问题，如何进一步促进民主观念的发展成为当代中国政治文明建设中的一项艰巨事业。

关键词：中国社会；民主观念；生成；升华

Abstract:Enters after China as the ideology democracy, has obtained the different understanding under the different historical linguistic environment, also obtained the considerable development. Has been through repeatedly for hundred years, the democratic idea synthesis completed commenced a venture from the western concept to the Chinese characteristic socialist democracy modern construction. Follows China's modernizing advancement, our country democratic idea can produce and in winding the slow development. After the reform and open policy, along with our country democratic politics construction thorough and political, economic system a series of reforms, citizen's democratic responsibility consciousness, politics the sense of participation, the democracy request, surveillance consciousness and the equal idea strengthens unceasingly, our country's democratic idea obtains the unprecedented sublimation, the democracy already gradually sink deep into the hearts of the people. However, in the Chinese society democratic idea developing process still has many problems, how further promotes in a democratic idea development into Contemporary China politics civilization construction arduous enterprise.  

Keywords: Chinese society;  the concept of democracy; generation; sublimation