China Association for Promoting Democracy explained

China Association for Promoting Democracy
Native Name Lang:	zh
Leader1 Title:	Chairperson
Leader1 Name:	Cai Dafeng
Ideology:	Socialism with Chinese characteristics^[1]
Headquarters:	Beijing
Membership:	192,000
Membership Year:	2022
Seats1 Title:	National People's Congress (14th)
Seats1:
Seats2 Title:	NPC Standing Committee
Seats2:
Seats3 Title:	Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Seats3:	(Seats for political parties)
Newspaper:	Democracy Monthly
Country:	China

Order:	st
S:	中国民主促进会
T:	中國民主促進會
P:	Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Cùjìnhuì
Also Known As:	Abbreviation
S2:	民进
T2:	民進
P2:	Mínjìn
Tib:	ཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་ཡར་སྐུལ་ལྷན་ཚོགས
Wylie:	krung go dmangs gtso yar skul lhan tshogs
Zha:	Cunghgoz Minzcuj Coicaenh Hoih
Mong:	ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ ᠡᠶᠢᠨᠣᠷ ᠠᠬᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯ
Mon:	Дундад улсын ардчилал ийнор ахиулах эвлэл
Uig:	جۇڭگو دېموكراتىيىنى ئىلگىرى سۈرۈش جەمئىيىتى
Uly:	Junggo démokratiyini ilgiri sürüsh jemiyiti
Uyy:	Junggo démokratiyini ilgiri sürüsh jemiyiti
Mnc:	ᠮᡳᠨᠵᡳᠨ
Mnc Rom:	Minjin

The China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD) 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.^[2] It was formed on 30 December 1945, and mainly represents high-level intellectuals engaged in education and cultural publishing media.

The CAPD is the fourth-ranking minor party in China.^[3] It holds 58 seats in the National People's Congress.

History

The party was formed on 30 December 1945.^[4]

Organization

In October 2022, the party had organizations in 29 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.^[5]

The CAPD publishes a newspaper titled Democracy Monthly (Chinese: 民主).^[6]

Composition

The party mainly represents high-level intellectuals engaged in education and cultural publishing media., the CAPD has around 192,000 members.

Chairpersons

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

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中国民主促进会章程. www.mj.org.cn. 22 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214015012/http://www.mj.org.cn/mjgk/node_579.htm. 14 December 2018. dead.
2. Liao . Xingmiu . Tsai . Wen-Hsuan . 2019 . Clientelistic State Corporatism: The United Front Model of "Pairing-Up" in the Xi Jinping Era . . 19 . 1 . 31–56 . 1680-2012 . 26603249.
3. Web site: 9 December 2012 . 我国八个民主党派排序考 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304152135/http://mg.lishui.gov.cn/xxyd/tzlr/t20091202_635563.htm . 4 March 2014 . 30 December 2022 . Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.
4. Book: Benewick, Robert . The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World's Fastest-Growing Economy . Donald . Stephanie Hemelryk . 2009 . . 978-0-520-25610-1 . 1st . 67 . 10.1525/j.ctv1xxv63 . 948690686.
5. News: 18 December 2022 . 新闻背景：中国民主促进会 . News background: China Association for Promoting Democracy . . 5 December 2023.
6. Web site: 民主杂志社 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190123172143/http://www.mj.org.cn/mzzz/ . 23 January 2019 . 22 December 2017 . www.mj.org.cn.