Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party

Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party 中国农工民主党
Abbreviation	CPWDP
Chairperson	He Wei
Founded	November 1927, formally on 9 August 1930 (1930-08-09) in Shanghai French Concession
Split from	Left-wing elements of the Kuomintang
Headquarters	55 Andingmenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Newspaper	Qianjin Luntan ("Forum For Advancement") Medicine & Health Care Daily
Membership (2022)	192,000
Ideology	Socialism 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
www.ngd.org.cn
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ཀྲུང་གོ་ཞིང་བཟོ་དམངས་གཙོ་ཏངᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠴᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠠᠵᠢᠯᠴᠢᠨ
ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠨᠠᠮجۇڭگو دېھقان-ئىشچىلار دېموكراتىك پارتىيىسى‎

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 Pinyin Zhōngguó Nónggōng Mínzhǔdǎng Wade–Giles Chung-kuo Nung-kung Min-chu-tang
Transcriptions Wylie krung go zhing bzo dmangs gtso tang
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Junggo déhqan-ishchilar démokratik partiyisi Yengi Yeziⱪ Junggo déhqan-ishchilar démokratik partiyisi

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).

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.

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.

Organization

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

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 ^[update] , it has a membership of 192,000. ^[3]

Chairpersons

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.

No.	Chairperson		Took office	Left office	Ref.
1		Deng Yanda 邓演达	August 9, 1930	August 17, 1931
2		Huang Qixiang 黃琪翔	August 17, 1931	March 1938
3		Zhang Bojun 章伯钧	March 1938	December 10, 1958
4		Ji Fang 季方	December 10, 1958	January 1987
5		Zhou Gucheng 周谷城	January 1987	November 13, 1988
6		Lu Jiaxi 卢嘉锡	November 13, 1988	November 1997
7		Jiang Zhenghua 蒋正华	November 1997	December 11, 2007
8		Sang Guowei 桑国卫	December 15, 2007	December 2012
9		Chen Zhu 陈竺	December 2012	December 9, 2022	[7]
10		He Wei 何维	December 9, 2022	Incumbent	[8]

Notable members

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

References

1. "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. "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.

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)