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[1]
Headquarters:Beijing
Membership:220,000
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)

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), sometimes translated as the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA), 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. It is the third-ranking minor party in China.[2]

The CDNCA's members are mainly entrepreneurs and others in the fields of economics. The CDNCA is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The current chairman of CDNCA is Hao Mingjin.

History

CNDCA was founded in Chongqing in 1945 by the Vocational Education Society, a former member of the China Democratic League.

Its vice chairperson Rong Yiren served as the third vice president of China under the 4th Constitution of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 1998.

Organization

In June 2022, the CNDCA had organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.[3]

It publishes the newspapers Economic Affairs (Chinese: 经济界)[4] and People's Information (Chinese: 民讯).[5]

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.[6], the party has around 220,000 members.

Chairpersons

  1. Huang Yanpei (1945–1965)
  2. Hu Juewen (1979–1987)
  3. Sun Qimeng (1987–1996)
  4. Cheng Siwei (1996–2007)
  5. Chen Changzhi (2007–2017)
  6. Hao Mingjin (2017–present)[7]

Notable members

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中国民主建国会章程(二○一七年十二月二十日中国民主建国会第十一次全国代表大会通过). www.cndca.org.cn. 27 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135900/http://www.cndca.org.cn/mjzy/mjgk/mjzc/1218586/index.html. 12 June 2018. live.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: 领导活动集 . www.cndca.org.cn . 22 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042823/http://www.cndca.org.cn/mjzy/ldhdj/index.html . 23 December 2017 . live .