Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party
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 is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. It is the fifth-ranking minor party in China.[3] The current chairman is He Wei.
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party 中国农工民主党 | |
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| Abbreviation | CPWDP |
| Chairperson | He Wei |
| Founded | November 1927, formally on 9 August 1930 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[1][2] |
| 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) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国农工民主党 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國農工民主黨 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 农工党 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | ཀྲུང་གོ་ཞིང་བཟོ་དམངས་གཙོ་ཏང | ||||||||
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| Zhuang | Cunghgoz Nungzgungh Minzcuj Danj | ||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дундад улсын тариачны-ажилчин ардчилсан нам | ||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠴᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠠᠵᠢᠯᠴᠢᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠨᠠᠮ | ||||||||
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| Uyghur | جۇڭگو دېھقان-ئىشچىلار دېموكراتىك پارتىيىسى | ||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᠨᠣᠩᡬᠣᠩᡩᠠᠩ | ||||||||
| Romanization | Nongg'ongdang | ||||||||
History edit
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 Nationalists and expelled Communists which called themselves the "Provisional Action Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Party" 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 edit
In June 2022, the party had organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.[4]
The CPWDP publishes the newspapers Qianjin Luntan ("Forum For Advancement")[5] and Medicine & Health Care Daily.[6]
Composition edit
The CPWDP is made up of members who mostly work in the fields of public health, medicine, and associated fields in science and technology.[7] As of June 2022[update], it has a membership of 192,000.[4]
Chairpersons edit
- Deng Yanda (1930–1931)
- Huang Qixiang (1931–1938)
- Zhang Bojun (1938–1958)
- Ji Fang (1958–1987)
- Zhou Gucheng (1987–1988)
- Lu Jiaxi (1988–1997)
- Jiang Zhenghua (1997–2007)
- Sang Guowei (2007–2012)
- Chen Zhu (2012–2022)[8]
- He Wei (2022–present)[9]
Notable members edit
- Jin Jingzhe (born 1963), Chinese physician and delegate to the National People's Congress
References edit
- ^ a b "中国农工民主党章程（第十五次全国代表大会通过）_历次党章_中国农工民主党". www.ngd.org.cn. from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "中国农工民主党党章（第四次全国干部会议通过）_历次党章_中国农工民主党". www.ngd.org.cn. from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ . 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "党刊撷英_中国农工民主党". www.ngd.org.cn. from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ . www.fv88.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "本届领导_中国农工民主党". www.ngd.org.cn. from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "He Wei elected Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party chairman-Xinhua". Xinhua. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
External links edit
- Official website (in Chinese)