Through the analysis of the subject and objects of state governance and their interrelated characteristics, this book introduces the five relationships that need to be balanced: between convictions, ideals, and goals; between governing the Party, the country, and the military; between governance institutions, systems, and capacity; between democracy, rule of law, and rule of virtue; and between the CPC’s leadership and government, market, and society. Through the analysis of these five relationships, the book explains how the national governance system of socialism with Chinese characteristics upholds democratic centralism under the leadership of the CPC.