The China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD) is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. The party is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2] It was formed on 30 December 1945, and mainly represents high-level intellectuals engaged in education and cultural publishing media.
China Association for Promoting Democracy | |
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Chairperson | Cai Dafeng |
Founded | 30 December 1945 |
Headquarters | Beijing |
Newspaper | Democracy Monthly |
Membership (2022) | 192,000 |
Ideology | Socialism with Chinese characteristics[1] |
National People's Congress (14th) | 54 / 2,977 |
NPC Standing Committee | 7 / 175 |
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | 45 / 544 (Seats for political parties) |
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國民主促進會 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国民主促进会 | ||||||
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Chinese | 民进 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | ཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་ཡར་སྐུལ་ལྷན་ཚོགས | ||||||
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Zhuang name | |||||||
Zhuang | Cunghgoz Minzcuj Coicaenh Hoih | ||||||
Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | Дундад улсын ардчилал ийнор ахиулах эвлэл | ||||||
Mongolian script | ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ ᠡᠶᠢᠨᠣᠷ ᠠᠬᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯ | ||||||
Uyghur name | |||||||
Uyghur | جۇڭگو دېموكراتىيىنى ئىلگىرى سۈرۈش جەمئىيىتى | ||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||
Manchu script | ᠮᡳᠨᠵᡳᠨ | ||||||
Romanization | Minjin |
The CAPD is the fourth-ranking minor party in China.[3] It holds 58 seats in the National People's Congress.
The party was formed on 30 December 1945.[4]
In October 2022, the party had organizations in 29 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.[5]
The CAPD publishes a newspaper titled Democracy Monthly (民主).[6]
The party mainly represents high-level intellectuals engaged in education and cultural publishing media.[4] As of October 2022[update], the CAPD has around 192,000 members.[5]