Democratic State-Building Society of China

The Democratic State Building Society of China ( Chinese  中國 民主建國會  /  中国 民主建国会 , Pinyin Zhōngguó mínzhǔ jiànguóhuì ) 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 and the socialist market economy .

history

The history of the Democratic State-Building Society of China dates back to 1917 when the Chinese Professional Education Society was founded by Huang Yanpei in Jiangsu. Under Huang's chairmanship, it initially merged with other parties and groups to form the Chinese Democratic League in 1944 . With the support of the Communist Party of China , Huang finally founded the Democratic State-Building Society of China on December 16, 1945, in which so-called "patriotic entrepreneurs" and intellectuals participated. After opposing the Kuomintang- led government in the civil war, the party was banned in 1947. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Democratic State-Building Society of China was one of the eight parties tolerated by the Communist Party. Nevertheless, political campaigns were directed against their functionaries, who were the focus of persecution. After the Cultural Revolution, in which all party work was interrupted, the Democratic State-Building Society of China resumed its activities.

ideology

As a party of members from business circles, it is committed to socialism and accepted alliances with other parties under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party . She advocates a development concept to achieve social stability and the modernization of China.

Organization and membership

The party is organized on the principle of democratic centralism . The party still had 23,000 members in 1958 and 24,700 in 1983, and by 2017 it had grown by 639 percent to 170,000. At the end of 2018, the party had 193,000 members. It is financed through membership fees and government subsidies.

Chairperson

1. Huang Yanpei (黄炎培) (1945–1965)
2. Hu Juewen (胡厥文) (1979–1987)
3. Sun Qimeng (孙 起 孟) (1987–1996)
4. Cheng Siwei (成思危) (1996-2007)
5. Chen Changzhi (陈昌智) (2007-2017)
6. Hao Mingjin (郝明 金) (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
• Umbach, Heinrich-M .: The democratic parties of China in the shadow of the Communist Party . Hamburg: Institute for Asian Studies 1995
• Weyrauch, Thomas: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China . Longtai, Heuchelheim 2020, ISBN 978-3-938946-30-5
• Zhang Chunman: Good Friends of Communism: Democratic Parties and Authoritarian Resilience in China . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University 2018.

Web links

Commons : China Democratic National Construction Association  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Chinese)

Remarks

1. ↑ Heilmann, Sebastian (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. 177 ff.
3. ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 177 ff.
4. ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 182 f .; Democratic State-Building Society of China, http://www.cndca.org.cn/mjzy/mjgk/mjjj/516423/index.html .
5. ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: Minority parties and groups of the People's Republic of China, p. 183.
6. ^ Johns Hopkins University, https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/61027