China National Democratic Construction Association Explained

China National Democratic Construction Association
Native Name Lang:zh
Leader1 Title:Chairperson
Leader1 Name:Hao Mingjin
Ideology:Socialism with Chinese characteristics
Headquarters:Beijing
Membership:228,318
Membership Year:2023
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)

Predecessor:Vocational Education Society
Qianchuan Factory Federation
Newspaper:Economic Affairs
People's Information
Country:China
S:中国民主建国会
T:中國民主建國會
P:Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Jiànguó Huì
Also Known As:Abbreviation
C2:民建
P2:Mínjiàn
Tib:ཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་རྒྱལ་འཛུགས་ལྷན་ཚོགས
Wylie:krung go dmangs gtso rgyal 'dzugs lhan tshogs
Zha:Cunghgoz Minzcuj Gengoz Vei
Mong:ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ
ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯ
Mon:Дундад улсын ардчилал улс байгуулах эвлэл
Uig:جۇڭگو دېموكراتىك دۆلەت قۇرۇش جەمئىيىتى
Uly:Junggo démokratik dölet qurush jemiyiti
Uyy:Junggo démokratik dölet qurush jemiyiti
Mnc:ᠮᡳᠨᠵᡳᠠᠨ
Mnc Rom:Minjian

The China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA), also known by its Chinese abbreviation Minjian (Chinese: 民建), is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.

The CNDCA was founded in Chongqing on 16 December 1945. The party's members are mainly entrepreneurs and others in the fields of economics. It is the third-ranking minor party in China. It currently has 44 seats in the National People's Congress, 4 seats in the NPC Standing Committee and 65 seats in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The current chairman of CNDCA is Hao Mingjin.

History

National Democratic Construction Association was founded in Chongqing on 16 December 1945 by the Vocational Education Society, a former member of the China Democratic League. In July 1952, it was renamed to the China National Democratic Construction Association.[1]

Its vice chairperson Rong Yiren served as the vice president of China from 1993 to 1998.

Organization

According to its constitution, the CNDCA is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.[2] It is the third-ranking minor party in China.[3] The chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce has usually been a member of the CNDCA.[4]

The highest body of the CNDCA officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 12th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held Party Congress. The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the CNDCA., has organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.[5] [6] It publishes the newspapers Economic Affairs (Chinese: 经济界)[7] and People's Information (Chinese: 民讯).[8]

Composition

Members of the party are chiefly entrepreneurs from the building, manufacturing, construction, financial, or commercial industries in both private and state sectors, and others in the field of economics.[9], the party has around 228,318 members, of whom 176,112 are from the economic sector, representing 77.2% of the total membership, 146,527 were from the business sector, representing 64.2% of the total membership, and 51,197 were from the private economy, representing 22.4% of the total membership.

Chairpersons

No.ChairpersonTook officeLeft office
1黃炎培16 December 194521 December 1965
李烛尘
Acting
21 December 19657 October 1968
2胡厥文23 October 1979December 1987
3吴阶平December 1987December 1996
4成思危December 1996December 2017
5陈昌智14 December 200720 December 2017
6郝明金20 December 2017Incumbent[10]

Notable members

Notes

  1. Web site: 30 November 2023 . 中国民主建国会简介 . Introduction to China National Democratic Construction Association . 6 October 2024 . China National Democratic Construction Association.
  2. Web site: 12 January 2023 . 中国民主建国会章程(中国民主建国会第十二次全国代表大会部分修改, 2022年12月17日通过) . Constitution of the China Democratic National Construction Association (Partially revised at the 12th National Congress of the China Democratic National Construction Association, adopted on 17 December 2022) . 6 October 2024 . China National Democratic Construction Association.
  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. Web site: Decoding Chinese Politics . 2 October 2023 . Asia Society.
  5. News: 16 December 2022 . 新闻背景:中国民主建国会 . News background: China National Democratic Construction Association . . 5 December 2023.
  6. Web site: 中国民主建国会简介 . Introduction to the China National Democratic Construction Association . 15 October 2024 . China National Democratic Construction Association.
  7. Web site: 经济界 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714132440/http://www.cndca.org.cn/mjzy/mjgk/jjj/index.html . 14 July 2019 . 27 December 2017 . www.cndca.org.cn.
  8. Web site: 民讯 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714132439/http://www.cndca.org.cn/mjzy/mjgk/mx/index.html . 14 July 2019 . 22 December 2017 . www.cndca.org.cn.
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: 领导活动集 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042823/http://www.cndca.org.cn/mjzy/ldhdj/index.html . 23 December 2017 . 22 December 2017 . www.cndca.org.cn.

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