The Chinese political system should continue reforms, said Song Luzheng, a political scholar residing in France and research fellow at the Shanghai Chunqiu Institute, during an interview with China.org.cn at the 5th World Forum on China Studies at the Shanghai Exhibition Center on March 23.

"The current political situation in China resembles that in UK after the Glorious Revolution," said Song. "It means that a general frame has already been established and there will be no revolutionary changes in the future." The Chinese political system just needs further reforms for amelioration, he pointed out.

Unlike expanding voting rights in the UK, China will take its own development road towards a more comprehensive and transparent political institution, Song said. That is to say, more ordinary people from various social groups will be incorporated into the central leadership, and government reform will become more institutionalized, he explained.

Compared with western countries and Arabian states, Chinese political system has many advantages. Western powers change both leaders and ruling parties regularly, while Arabian states neither change leaders nor ruling parties, and China just alters leaders not ruling parties, Song illustrated.

However, western countries suffer from prolonged economic crisis and Arabia lacks stability, while only China enjoys a prosperous economy, Song said. The Chinese political system ingeniously combines the flexibility of western systems with sustainability and stability from Arabian institutions to create its own distinct advantages, he added.

Right now in China, direct elections have been instituted at the lowest country levels. Different levels of government are employing different means and more effective political styles are being explored, Song said.

Western political systems face many challenges, Songs warned. In a post-Cold War era, many westerners erroneously believe that western politics have reached a state of perfection and no longer need political reform.

However, the Chinese political system constantly improves itself, Song argued.

"We should conduct adjustment policies no matter what great accomplishments we have achieved," he said.

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