In Chinese political tradition, the government played a parental role toward the populace, but in today's democratic era the will of the people is paramount, and officials are simply public servants.
在我國政治傳統上，政府扮演的是家長的角色，百姓是子民；民主時代，則該以民意為上，官員只是公僕；而現在，正值政府、民眾雙方角色調整的過程。