During Joseph Stalin's time, the principle of democratic centralism had evolved to the point that the Supreme Soviet, while nominally vested with great legislative powers, did little more than approve decisions already made at the highest levels of the Communist Party.
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Democratic centralism is also stated in Article 3 of the present Constitution of the People's Republic of China.
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