Abstract: The process of state-building is also the process to form and perfect a modern nation-state,which lays foundation for the development of democratic politics.Western democratic politics came into being after absolutism was built over modern nation-state.The promotion of a national concept of Chinese and the democracy of national power should also rely on the accomplishment of a nation-state.Excessive emphasis on the democracy of national power without proper fundamental national systems in today’s China will lead to social and political instability in the country.

Key words: state-building, democratic politics