Chinese Association for the Promotion of Democracy

The Chinese Association for the Promotion of Democracy ( Chinese  中國民主促進會  /  中国民主促进会 , Pinyin Zhōngguó mínzhǔ cùjìnhuì ) is one of the approved " Eight Democratic Parties and Groups " of the People's Republic of China . She is committed to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party .

history

According to its preamble, the Chinese Association for the Promotion of Democracy was founded on December 30, 1945 under the guidance and assistance of the Chinese Communist Party . After the People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949, it was one of the permitted small parties. In 1951 the party decided to dedicate itself in a special way to the teachers of elementary and secondary schools. A year later, the target group was expanded to include people from the healthcare and publishing sectors.

ideology

According to its statutes, the party holds up "the great banner of socialism with Chinese features and is led by Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the Three Representations, the concept of scientific development and Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese features".

Organization and membership

According to the structure of the Communist Party of China , the organizational principle of the union is democratic centralism . The party had 193,000 members as of December 31, 2018.

It is financed through membership fees and government subsidies.

Chairperson

1. Ma Xulun (马叙伦) (1949–1958)

1. Zhou Jianren (周 建 人) (1979–1984)

1. Ye Shengtao (叶圣陶) (1984–1987)

1. Lei Jieqiong (雷洁琼) (1987-1997)

1. Xu Jialu (许嘉璐) (1997-2007)

1. Yan Junqi (严 隽 琪) (2007-2017)

1. Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) (from 2017)

literature

• Chen, Chi-Hua: Stability as Goal Orientation in the 1990s. The inclusion of intellectuals in the system of rule of the Communist Party of China using the example of the “Democratic Parties” . Bochum: Diss. Phil. 2003

• Groot, Gerry: Managing Transitions: The Chinese Communist Party, United Front Work, Corporatism, and Hegemony . New York - London: Routledge 2004

• Heilmann, Sebastian (Hrsg.): The political system of the People's Republic of China . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, 3rd edition, ISBN 978-3-658-07228-5

• Umbach, Heinrich-M .: The democratic parties of China in the shadow of the Communist Party . Hamburg: Institute for Asian Studies 1995

• Weyrauch, Thomas: The party landscape of East Asia . Longtai, Heuchelheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-938946-27-5

• Weyrauch, Thomas: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China . Longtai, Heuchelheim 2020, ISBN 978-3-938946-30-5

• Weyrauch, Thomas: Political Lexicon East Asia . Longtai, Heuchelheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-938946-28-2

• Zhang Chunman: Good Friends of Communism: Democratic Parties and Authoritarian Resilience in China . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University 2018, [7] .

Web links

Commons : China Association for Promoting Democracy  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Remarks

1. ↑ Sebastian Heilmann (ed.): '' The political system of the People's Republic of China ''. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, 3rd edition, ISBN 978-3-658-07228-5 , p. 117.
2. ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 194 f .; James Gao: Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800-1949), [1] ; Democratic State-Building Society of China, [2] .
3. ^ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 195; Statutes of the Chinese Association for the Promotion of Democracy, [3] ; Adnan Akfirat: Democratic Elements of the Chinese Systems (March 4, 2020), [4] .
4. ^ Chinese Association for the Promotion of Democracy, [5] .
5. ^ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 199; Statutes of the Chinese Association for the Promotion of Democracy, [6]