Democracy provides many different benefits for development not only on political but also on economic. Many countries achieve a great develop after they establish a democratic government, for example India, Portugal and Japan. However, some undemocratic countries such as China and Saudi Arabia also have a rapid development even they are undemocratic under the western version. The relation between democracy and development is quite vague especially how to define and measure them. But the samples like China at least illustrate democracy is not the prerequisite for development. This essay aims to explain the reason about why democracy is not the precondition for development and its main analysis consist of the explanation about China’s development and the comparison between India and China. This comparison can provide a direct view about the affect of so-called democratic with the real development of the society due to both China and India have a huge number of population. This article only emphasis on the comparison of economic system and the specific governance of the administration. The discussion also just focusing on particular statistics of particular fields. The judgement about the advantages of western democratic and non-western democratic will not be arranged under this research version.

Zihao Zhao. Is democracy a prerequisite for development--a comparison between China and India. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2021), Vol. 3, Issue 19: 72-76. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2021.031914.

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