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China National Democratic Construction Association

The China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA),[note 1] also known by its Chinese abbreviation Minjian (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.

China National Democratic Construction Association
中国民主建国会
Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Jiànguó Huì
ChairpersonHao Mingjin
Founded16 December 1945; 79 years ago (1945-12-16)
Preceded byVocational Education Society
Qianchuan Factory Federation
HeadquartersBeijing
NewspaperEconomic Affairs
People's Information
Membership (2023)228,318
IdeologySocialism with Chinese characteristics
National People's Congress (14th)
44 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee
4 / 175
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
65 / 544
(Seats for political parties)
Website
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China National Democratic Construction Association
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese中國民主建國會
Simplified Chinese中国民主建国会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Mínzhǔ Jiànguó Huì
Abbreviation
Chinese民建
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMínjiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་རྒྱལ་འཛུགས་ལྷན་ཚོགས
Transcriptions
Wyliekrung go dmangs gtso rgyal 'dzugs lhan tshogs
Zhuang name
ZhuangCunghgoz Minzcuj Gengoz Vei
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicДундад улсын ардчилал улс байгуулах эвлэл
Mongolian scriptᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ
ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯ
Uyghur name
Uyghurجۇڭگو دېموكراتىك دۆلەت قۇرۇش جەمئىيىتى‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiJunggo démokratik dölet qurush jemiyiti
Yengi YeziⱪJunggo démokratik dölet qurush jemiyiti
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠮᡳᠨᠵᡳᠠᠨ
RomanizationMinjian
The headquarters of the Central Committee of the CNDCA

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

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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.[citation needed]

Organization

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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.[2] As of June 2023, has organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.[5][6] It publishes the newspapers Economic Affairs (经济界)[7] and People's Information (民讯).[8]

Composition

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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] As of June 2023, 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.[6]

Chairpersons

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No. Chairperson Took office Left office Ref.
1   Huang Yanpei

黃炎培

16 December 1945 21 December 1965 [citation needed]
–   Li Zhuchen

李烛尘
Acting

21 December 1965 7 October 1968 [citation needed]
2   Hu Juewen

胡厥文

23 October 1979 December 1987 [citation needed]
3   Sun Qimeng

吴阶平

December 1987 December 1996 [citation needed]
4   Cheng Siwei

成思危

December 1996 December 2017 [citation needed]
5   Chen Changzhi

陈昌智

14 December 2007 20 December 2017 [citation needed]
6   Hao Mingjin

郝明金

20 December 2017 Incumbent [10]

Notable members

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Notes

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  1. ^ sometimes translated as the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA)

References

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  1. ^ "中国民主建国会简介" [Introduction to China National Democratic Construction Association]. China National Democratic Construction Association. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "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)]. China National Democratic Construction Association. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ^ "我国八个民主党派排序考". Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "新闻背景：中国民主建国会" [News background: China National Democratic Construction Association]. Xinhua News Agency. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b "中国民主建国会简介" [Introduction to the China National Democratic Construction Association]. China National Democratic Construction Association. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  7. ^ "经济界". www.cndca.org.cn. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ "民讯". www.cndca.org.cn. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  9. ^ Benewick, Robert; Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk (2009). The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World's Fastest-Growing Economy (1st ed.). University of California Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-520-25610-1. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctv1xxv63. OCLC 948690686.
  10. ^ "领导活动集". www.cndca.org.cn. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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