A political party is a political group organized by people to win political power through elections or other means. Modern political parties mainly play the following four aspects in political life:

(1) Ways to achieve the aggregation and expression of interests:

A political party is the will and interests of its members and voters Representative. In the entire political system structure, political parties are an interest-gathering institution and a bridge between the rulers (government) and the ruled (people).

A political party is a two-way expression channel that transforms the individual needs of social members into easy-to-manipulate collective suggestions and plans through synthesis, selection, and simplification. On the other hand, political parties transmit their policies as the ruling party to society through their own organizational channels and mass influence.

(2) Channels for forming and cultivating political elites:

Political parties are an important way to recruit elites and cultivate political backbones, and provide a way to prepare, select and cultivate national leaders at all levels. important mechanism. In many cases, political parties provide training grounds for politicians, providing them with the skills, knowledge and experience, and professional institutions necessary to engage in political activity.

(3) Ways to achieve political socialization and political mobilization:

Political parties are media that form, educate and influence public opinion, and are institutions for political education and political socialization. Political parties influence members and voters with their ideologies, theoretical programs, and principles and policies, thereby achieving extensive socialization of members. In addition, political parties mobilize the public through their own policy propositions and campaign platforms.

(4) Means of forming a government: Political parties assist in forming a government.

When political parties do not win political power, political parties designate their own political platforms, principles, policies and strategies to mobilize party members and the masses to influence policies and supervise the government's exercise of power. After gaining political power, political parties organize the government as the ruling party, directly participate in the implementation process of national policies, and dominate and influence the development direction and actual process of national political life.

(5) Provide political participation and platform:

Political parties provide channels and platforms for individuals to participate in politics. Through intra-party elections and intra-party democratic mechanisms, party members can participate in the party's decision-making and organizational activities, and thereby promote their political awareness and participation.

(6) Cultivating political leadership talents:

Political parties are an important mechanism for cultivating and selecting political leadership talents. Political parties can promote capable and experienced members to become political leaders and play important roles in government through training, selection and promotion mechanisms.