Party structures of Communist party state are defined by Design Features: Chinese political system borrowed organizational design from Soviet Union by Lenin political legitimacy. According to Lenin, the ordinary citizens do not understand their own interest; they are incapable of making the correct choices that will lead toward to communism. Lenin proposed solution to this problem: political system and political party build on the principle of hierarchy and guardianship. In addition to these two principles, Chinese leaders added the idea of mass line that moderates the guardianship. Guardianship provides the main concept of relationship between the communist party and society. The party based its claim on the representation of historical best interests of all the peoples. The description of Communist party leadership is set forth in the constitution. The constitution describes the political system as a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship.
Chinese Communist party guardianship is informed by the opinion and preferences of the mass line; however, the expression of mass preferences depends on their fits with the larger goals determined by party leader, as well. Party leaders at all level supposed to remain close relationship with people in order to propagate their unsystematic ideas to the people as the correct ideas. Party Organization: Communist party is organized by hierarchy of party congresses and committee extending from the top of the system down to the grassroots. Inner party rule decision making are based on the principle of democratic centralism. In democratic socialism, democracy mainly refers to consultation. Centralism refers to the unified discipline throughout the party: top-level official party decisions are binding on party organization and members. According to the Communist party constitution, any sort of small group activity within the party is punishable considered as the violation of organizational discipline.