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The China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA), also known by its Chinese abbreviation Minjian (民建), is one of the eight minor democratic 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

Chairperson	Hao Mingjin
Founded	16 December 1945; 79 years ago (1945-12-16)
Preceded by	Vocational Education Society Qianchuan Factory Federation
Headquarters	Beijing
Newspaper	Economic Affairs People's Information
Membership (2024)	237,526
Ideology	Socialism with Chinese characteristics
National People's Congress (14th)	44 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee	4 / 175
CPPCC National Committee (14th)	65 / 544 (Seats for political parties)
Website
www.cndca.org.cn
Politics of China Political parties Elections

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 Pinyin	Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Jiànguó Huì

Abbreviation

Chinese

民建

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mínjiàn

Tibetan name

Tibetan

ཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་རྒྱལ་འཛུགས་ལྷན་ཚོགས

Transcriptions
Wylie	krung go dmangs gtso rgyal 'dzugs lhan tshogs

Zhuang name

Zhuang

Cunghgoz Minzcuj Gengoz Vei

Mongolian name

Mongolian Cyrillic

Дундад улсын ардчилал улс байгуулах эвлэл

Mongolian script

ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ
ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯ

Uyghur name

Uyghur

جۇڭگو دېموكراتىك دۆلەت قۇرۇش جەمئىيىتى‎

Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Junggo démokratik dölet qurush jemiyiti
Yengi Yeziⱪ	Junggo démokratik dölet qurush jemiyiti

Manchu name

Manchu script

ᠮᡳᠨᠵᡳᠠᠨ

Romanization

Minjian

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

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.

Its vice chairperson Rong Yiren served as the vice president of China from 1993 to 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Organization

According to its constitution, the CNDCA is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP. It is the third-ranking minor democratic party in the People's Republic of China. The chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce has usually been a member of the CNDCA.

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. As of June 2024^[update], has organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China. It publishes the newspapers Economic Affairs (经济界) and People's Information (民讯).

Composition

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. As of June 2024^[update], the party has around 237,526 members, of whom 182,786 are from the economic sector, representing 77% of the total membership, 153,344 were from the business sector, representing 64.6% of the total membership, and 52,662 were from the private economy, representing 22.2% of the total membership.

Chairpersons

No.		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

National People's Congress elections

Election year	Number of seats
2017–18	57 / 2,970
2022–23	44 / 2,977

Notable members

Mo Menchuan

Notes

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

References

"中国民主建国会简介" [Introduction to China National Democratic Construction Association]. China National Democratic Construction Association (in Chinese). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
"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 (in Chinese). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
"我国八个民主党派排序考". Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (in Chinese). 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
"Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
"新闻背景：中国民主建国会" [News background: China National Democratic Construction Association]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
"中国民主建国会简介" [Introduction to the China National Democratic Construction Association]. China National Democratic Construction Association (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
"经济界". www.cndca.org.cn. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
"民讯". www.cndca.org.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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.
"领导活动集". www.cndca.org.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] sometimes translated as the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA)

[:2-2] "中国民主建国会简介" [Introduction to China National Democratic Construction Association]. China National Democratic Construction Association (in Chinese). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[:1-3] "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 (in Chinese). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[4] "我国八个民主党派排序考". Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (in Chinese). 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[:022-5] "Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[:0-6] "新闻背景：中国民主建国会" [News background: China National Democratic Construction Association]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

[:12-7] "中国民主建国会简介" [Introduction to the China National Democratic Construction Association]. China National Democratic Construction Association (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[8] "经济界". www.cndca.org.cn. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[9] "民讯". www.cndca.org.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[10] 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.

[11] "领导活动集". www.cndca.org.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.