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Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party

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Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party
中国农工民主党
AbbreviationCPWDP
ChairpersonHe Wei
FoundedNovember 1927, formally on 9 August 1930 (1930-08-09) in Shanghai French Concession
Split fromLeft-wing elements of the Kuomintang
Headquarters55 Andingmenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
NewspaperQianjin Luntan ("Forum For Advancement")
Medicine & Health Care Daily
Membership (2022)192,000
IdeologySocialism with Chinese characteristics
National People's Congress (14th)
60 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee
5 / 175
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
45 / 544
(Seats for political parties)
Website
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Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国农工民主党
Traditional Chinese中國農工民主黨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Nónggōng Mínzhǔdǎng
Wade–GilesChung-kuo Nung-kung Min-chu-tang
Abbreviation
Simplified Chinese农工党
Traditional Chinese農工黨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNónggōngdǎng
Tibetan name
Tibetanཀྲུང་གོ་ཞིང་བཟོ་དམངས་གཙོ་ཏང
Transcriptions
Wyliekrung go zhing bzo dmangs gtso tang
Zhuang name
ZhuangCunghgoz Nungzgungh Minzcuj Danj
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicДундад улсын тариачны-ажилчин ардчилсан нам
Mongolian scriptᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠴᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠠᠵᠢᠯᠴᠢᠨ
ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠨᠠᠮ
Uyghur name
Uyghurجۇڭگو دېھقان-ئىشچىلار دېموكراتىك پارتىيىسى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiJunggo déhqan-ishchilar démokratik partiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪJunggo déhqan-ishchilar démokratik partiyisi
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠨᠣᠩᡬᠣᠩᡩᠠᠩ
RomanizationNongg'ongdang

The Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP) is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.

The party was officially founded in the Shanghai French Concession on 9 August 1930 by left-wing members of the Kuomintang. It is mainly made up of members who mostly work in the fields of public health, medicine, and associated fields in science and technology. It is the fifth-ranking minor party in China. It currently has 60 seats in the National People's Congress, 5 seats in the NPC Standing Committee and 45 seats in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The current chairman of CPWDP is He Wei.

History

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The party had its origins in the collapse of the First United Front when they first met in November 1927. Its original members were left-wing Kuomintang members and expelled Communists which called themselves the "Provisional Action Committee of the Kuomintang" or "Third Party" (despite the name, the Young China Party was third largest in the late 1920s–40s).[citation needed]

The party was officially founded in the Shanghai French Concession on 9 August 1930,[1] leading it to become a cohesive entity under Deng Yanda, who organized it under democratic centralism like both the Nationalists and Communists. Deng was secretly executed by Chiang Kai-shek in 1931 and the party went underground.[citation needed]

In 1933, the party, now led by Huang Qixiang, joined with the short-lived "Productive People's Party" in starting the failed People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China. In 1935, they renamed themselves in to the "Chinese Action Committee for National Liberation". It was one of the founding parties of the China Democratic League. Its leaders renamed the party in February 1947 to its current name.[citation needed]

Organization

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According to its constitution, the CPWDP is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.[1] It is the fifth-ranking minor party in China.[2]

The highest body of the CPWDP officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 17th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held Party Congress. The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the CPWDP.[1] In June 2022, the party had organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.[3] The CPWDP publishes the newspapers Qianjin Luntan ("Forum For Advancement")[4] and Medicine & Health Care Daily.[5]

Composition

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The CPWDP is made up of members who mostly work in the fields of public health, medicine, and associated fields in science and technology.[6] As of June 2022, it has a membership of 192,000.[3]

Chairpersons

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The leader of the Party is officially called the Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party. Between 9 August 1930 and 10 November 1935, the office was known as the Secretary-General of the Central Executive Committee of the Provisional Action Committee of the Kuomintang, which changed to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese National Liberation Action Committee on 10 November 1935, which changed to the General Contact Person of the Central Provisional Executive Committee of the Chinese National Liberation Action Committee in March 1938, which again changed and assumed its current name on 3 February 1947.[citation needed]

No. Chairperson Took office Left office Ref.
1 Deng Yanda

邓演达

August 9, 1930 August 17, 1931 [citation needed]
2 Huang Qixiang

黃琪翔

August 17, 1931 March 1938 [citation needed]
3 Zhang Bojun

章伯钧

March 1938 December 10, 1958 [citation needed]
4 Ji Fang

季方

December 10, 1958 January 1987 [citation needed]
5 Zhou Gucheng

周谷城

January 1987 November 13, 1988 [citation needed]
6 Lu Jiaxi

卢嘉锡

November 13, 1988 November 1997 [citation needed]
7 Jiang Zhenghua

蒋正华

November 1997 December 11, 2007 [citation needed]
8 Sang Guowei

桑国卫

December 15, 2007 December 2012 [citation needed]
9 Chen Zhu

陈竺

December 2012 December 9, 2022 [7]
10 He Wei

何维

December 9, 2022 Incumbent [8]

Notable members

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  • Jin Jingzhe (born 1963), Chinese physician and delegate to the National People's Congress

References

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  1. ^ a b c "中国农工民主党章程" [Constitution of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party]. Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. ^ "我国八个民主党派排序考". Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "新闻背景:中国农工民主党" [News background: Chinese Peasants and Workers Party]. Xinhua News Agency. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ "党刊撷英_中国农工民主党". www.ngd.org.cn. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ "《医药养生保健报》唯一官网——医药健康网". www.fv88.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ^ Benewick, Robert; Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk (2009). The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World's Fastest-Growing Economy (1 ed.). University of California Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-520-25610-1. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctv1xxv63. OCLC 948690686.
  7. ^ "本届领导_中国农工民主党". www.ngd.org.cn. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  8. ^ "He Wei elected Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party chairman-Xinhua". Xinhua. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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