A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Power Supervision Systems from the Perspective of Traditional Political Culture

Power is a sharp weapon for the benefit of the country and the people, as well as a scourge to the country and the people. Supervising and restraining power is the common goal of modern state governance. All countries in the world have their own power supervision systems, among which the power supervision systems of western countries, led by Europe and the United States, are unique and relatively mature. The Communist Party of China has successfully explored a set of power supervision system with Chinese characteristics. To continue to improve China’s power supervision system, we should not only learn from historical experience, but also learn from the successful experience of western countries. From the perspective of traditional political culture, this paper compares the operating mechanism, objectives, power restraint methods, interest strata and power supervision culture of Chinese and Western power supervision systems, and analyzes the differences between Chinese and Western power supervision.