Beijing used a lengthy justification of its commitment to one-party rule to silence domestic dissatisfaction with the Communist Party's monopoly on power and calls from abroad for greater political freedom, analysts said.
The white paper, titled 'On China's Political Party System', dedicated many of its 15,000 words to explaining why rule by the Communist Party was necessary and the right choice for the country.
The mainland has in recent years used such papers to counter criticism of its policies on issues such as human rights and military expansion.
In 2005, it issued a 74-page white paper on its democratic achievements after the US government issued an even lengthier report detailing what it viewed as the mainland's lack of democracy.
The latest white paper serves as a rebuttal to negative assessment of the recent party congress, which critics say only strengthened an entrenched autocratic system.
'It's very necessary to issue such a report at this moment,' Zhuang Congsheng , director of the policy research office under the party's United Front Work Department, was quoted as saying by Xinhua. 'The international community has little knowledge about China's political system; as a result misunderstanding exists. We feel the need to introduce [the party system] in a comprehensive and systematic way.'
The white paper said the mainland was going to uphold and perfect 'the system of multiparty co-operation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party', because this was the only political system that fits the nation's development mode.