Democratic Parties

In accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, its people have freedom to organize parties, associations, societies and organizations. But In China, the term "democratic parties" refers only to the eight other parties apart from the Communist Party. The "democratic parties" have established cooperation with the Communist Party of China on different levels since their founding days. In answering the Communist Party's call for convening a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, they participated in the preparatory work for the conference from May 1948 to early 1949. Together with the Communist party and other democrats, they were all represented at the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held in September 1949. It was at this meeting that the "Common Program of the CPPCC" which served as a provisional constitution was adopted.

At the meeting, the Central People's Government elected and the founding of the People's Republic of China proclaimed. Since the founding of PRC, China's democratic parties have conscientiously taken part in consultations and decision-making regarding important national political issues. Many representatives from the democratic parties have been elected to people's congresses and CPPCC committees at all levels; many hold leading positions in the standing committees of the people's economic, cultural, educational, scientific and technological departments. Based on official explanation, China's democratic parties are neither parties out of office, nor opposition parties. Rather, with CPC they share a policy of "long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, reciprocal sincerity in all dealings and sharing weal and woe" .

China Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomingtang
Founded in January 1948
Membership: over 53,000, mainly of former Kuomintang members and those who have historical connections with the Kuomintang.
Chairperson: Ms. Luli He

China Democratic League
Founded in October 1941
Membership: 130,000, mostly intellectuals at high and medium levels.
Chairman: Professor Shisun Ding

China Democratic National Construction Association
Founded in December 1945.
Membership: more than 69,000 members, mainly connected with the economic sphere or experts and scholars.
Chairman: Mr. Siwei Cheng

China Association for Promoting Democracy:
Founded in December 1945
Membership: over 65,000, most of them are intellectuals working in the educational, cultural, scientific and publishing fields.
Chairman: Mr. Jialu Xu

Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party
Founded in August 1930
Membership: more than 65,000, most of them work in the fields of public health, culture and education, science and technology.
Chairman: Zhenghua Jiang

China Zhi Gong Dang
Founded in October 1925
Membership: more than 15,000. Most of them are returned overseas Chinese and their relatives, experts, scholars and representative personages with overseas connections.
Chairman: Mr. Haocai Luo

Jiu San Society
Founded in December 1944
Membership: more than 68,000, mostly high-and medium-level intellectuals working in the fields of science, technology, culture, education and medicine.
Chairman: Mr. Jieping Wu

Taiwan Democratic Self-government League
Founded in November 1947
Membership: over1,600, made up mostly of prominent personages who were either from or have family roots in Taiwan but now reside on the mainland.
Chairman: Mr. Kehui Zhang

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