Political progress is an aspect of historical progress, and political civilization is an organic part of the whole social civilization. It is closely related to material civilization and spiritual civilization, interacting and complementing each other. Therefore, to grasp the connotation of political civilization, we must examine its relationship with material civilization and spiritual civilization. As far as their position and role in the whole human social civilization are concerned, it can be said that material civilization is the foundation and spiritual civilization is the leading factor. Political civilization is the guarantee. From the relationship between political civilization, material civilization and spiritual civilization, we can draw the following understandings: on the one hand, political civilization is based on the development of material civilization and spiritual civilization to a certain level; On the other hand, political civilization provides system and legal guarantee for material civilization and spiritual civilization, and makes them develop healthily, stably and harmoniously.