China Association for Promoting Democracy

The China Association for Promoting Democracy (Chinese: 中国民主促进会; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Cùjìnhuì) 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 is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[4] It was formed on 30 December 1945, and mainly represents high-level intellectuals engaged in education and cultural publishing media.^[5] It holds 58 seats in the National People's Congress of China.

China Association for Promoting Democracy
Chairperson	Cai Dafeng
Founded	30 December 1945; 77 years ago (1945-12-30)
Headquarters	Beijing
Newspaper	Democracy Monthly (民主)^[1]
Membership (2016)	156,808^[2]
Ideology	Chinese socialism^[3]
National People's Congress (14th)	54 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee	7 / 175
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	45 / 544 (Seats for political parties)
Website
Official website
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China Association for Promoting Democracy
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中國民主促進會
Simplified Chinese	中国民主促进会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Cùjìnhuì
Abbreviation
Chinese	民进
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mínjìn
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་ཡར་སྐུལ་ལྷན་ཚོགས
Transcriptions Wylie krung go dmangs gtso yar skul lhan tshogs
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Cunghgoz Minzcuj Coicaenh Hoih
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Дундад улсын ардчилал ийнор ахиулах эвлэл
Mongolian script	ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ ᠡᠶᠢᠨᠣᠷ ᠠᠬᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	جۇڭگو دېموكراتىيىنى ئىلگىرى سۈرۈش جەمئىيىتى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Junggo démokratiyini ilgiri sürüsh jemiyiti Yengi Yeziⱪ Junggo démokratiyini ilgiri sürüsh jemiyiti
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠮᡳᠨᠵᡳᠨ
Romanization	Minjin

Chairpersons

1. Ma Xulun (马叙伦) (1949–1958)
2. Zhou Jianren (周建人) (1979–1984)
3. Ye Shengtao (叶圣陶) (1984–1987)
4. Lei Jieqiong (雷洁琼) (1987–1997)
5. Xu Jialu (许嘉璐) (1997–2007)
6. Yan Junqi (严隽琪) (2007–2017)
7. Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) (2017–present)

References

1. "民主杂志社". www.mj.org.cn. from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
2. "全国民进会员人数变化示意图（2012-2016）". www.mj.org.cn. from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
3. . www.mj.org.cn. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
4. Liao, Xingmiu; Tsai, Wen-Hsuan (2019). "Clientelistic State Corporatism: The United Front Model of "Pairing-Up" in the Xi Jinping Era". China Review. 19 (1): 31–56. ISSN 1680-2012. JSTOR 26603249.
5. Benewick, Robert; Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk (2009). The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World's Fastest-Growing Economy (1st ed.). University of California Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-520-25610-1. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctv1xxv63. OCLC 948690686.

External links

• Official website