China Democratic League

chinese   中国 民主 同盟 China Democratic League
Party leader	Ding Zhongli (Chairman of the Central Committee)
founding	March 19, 1941
Headquarters	Beijing
Alignment	Science , patriotism , socialism with Chinese characteristics
Number of members	321,500 (2019)
Website	www.dem-league.org.cn

The Democratic League of China ( Chinese  中國 民主 同盟  /  中国 民主 同盟 , Pinyin Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Tóngméng ) is one of the so-called " Eight Democratic Parties and Groups " of the People's Republic of China in the wake of the Communist Party of China .

history

The Chinese Democratic League emerged from an alliance of parties and political associations that belonged neither to the ruling Kuomintang nor to the Chinese Communist Party . It was formally established in 1941 and took its current name in 1944 in Chongqing , which at that time served as the provisional capital of the Republic of China during the Japanese invasion. From January 1945 she took the position that the government should be supported and a coalition government should be formed from all parties. The more the Democratic League distanced itself from the Kuomintang, the closer its relationship with the Communist Party became. This tendency led to a break with conservative circles who left the league. When the government tried to convene a national constituent assembly and hold elections, the Democratic League boycotted the plan. Part of the Social Democrats left the alliance and joined the government, while the Democratic League joined the CP. This led to the alliance being banned and its members being prosecuted. With the victory of the Communist Party of China in the civil war and the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Democratic League became one of the " eight democratic parties and groups " tolerated by communist rule. Between 1950 and 1978, the Chinese Democratic League submitted to the Communist Party leadership completely, but numerous members and officials were victims of political persecution.

ideology

The party statutes of the Democratic League of China profess the political leadership of the CCP and loyalty to the political direction of the current CCP chairman. The league aims to renew the country through science and education. In allegiance to the CP, the party is not an opposition.

Organization and membership

The party is similar in structure to the Chinese Communist Party . The organizational principle of the Democratic League is consequently democratic centralism . The highest party organ is the National Congress. The members are obliged to obey the party leadership. Double membership in other parties is possible.

Chairperson

1. Huang Yanpei ( 黄炎培 ): 1941-1941
2. Zhang Lan ( 张澜 ): 1941-1955
3. Shen Junru ( 沈 钧 儒 ): 1955–1963
4. Yang Mingxuan ( 杨明轩 ): 1963-1967
5. Shi Liang ( 史良 ): 1979-1985
6. Hu Yuzhi ( 胡 愈 之 ): acting, 1985-1986
7. Chu Tunan ( 楚 图 南 ): 1986-1987
8. Fei Xiaotong ( 费孝通 ): 1987-1996
9. Ding Shisun ( 丁 石 孙 ): 1996-2005
10. Jiang Shusheng ( 蒋树 声 ): 2005–2012
11. Zhang Baowen ( 张宝文 ): 2012–2017
12. Ding Zhongli ( 丁仲礼 ): 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
• 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
• Scharping, Thomas: The democratic union and its predecessors 1939-1949 . Communications from the Institute for Asian Studies Hamburg No. 49. Hamburg: Institute for Asian Studies 1972
• 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. https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/61027

Web links

Commons : China Democratic League  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ http://www.dem-league.org.cn/mmgk/jianjie/11796.aspx
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ Thomas Scharping: The democratic union and its predecessors 1939-1949. Communications from the Institute for Asian Studies Hamburg No. 49. Hamburg: Institute for Asian Studies 1972, p. 32 ff., 90; Heinrich-M. Umbach: The Democratic Parties of China in the Shadow of the Communist Party, p. 26 ff .; Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 134 ff .; China Democratic League, [1]
4. ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 138 f.
5. ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 139 ff.
6. ↑ Democratic League of China, http://www.dem-league.org.cn/mmgk/1186/default.aspx .