The Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP), also abbreviated in Chinese as Nonggongdang ( zh, s=农工党), t=, is one of the eight legally recognized political parties in the

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under the direction of the

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. The party is a member of the

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. The current chairman is

He Wei He Wei (, born December 1955) is a Chinese politician, who is currently the chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party and a vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ...

History

Foundation

The party had its origins in the collapse of the

First United Front The First United Front (; alternatively ), also known as the KMT–CCP Alliance, of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was formed in 1924 as an alliance to end warlordism in China. Together they formed the National Revo ...

when they first met in November 1927. Its original members were left-wing

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and expelled Communists which called themselves the "Provisional Action Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Party" or "Third Party" (despite the name, the

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was third largest in the late 1920s–40s). After August 1930, the party became a cohesive entity under

Deng Yanda Deng Yanda (, 1 March 1895 – 29 November 1931) was a military officer in the Chinese Nationalist Party. He broke with party leaders in 1927, denouncing them as traitors to the party's original principles and in 1930 attempted to form a new party, ...

, who organized it under

democratic centralism Democratic centralism is a practice in which political decisions reached by voting processes are binding upon all members of the political party. It is mainly associated with Leninism, wherein the party's political vanguard of professional revo ...

like both the Nationalists and Communists. Deng was secretly executed by

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

in 1931 and the party went underground. In 1933, the party, now led by

Huang Qixiang Huang Qixiang (; 2 September 1898 – 10 December 1970) was a Chinese military commander and statesman. He led the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, Chinese Action Committee for National Liberation in 1933 during the short-lived P ...

, joined with the short-lived " Productive People's Party" in starting the failed

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. In 1935, they renamed themselves in to the "Chinese Action Committee for National Liberation". It was one of the founding parties of the

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. Its leaders renamed the party in February 1947 to its current name.

Present

Currently, the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party comprises a membership of 144,000, most of whom work in the fields of

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, medicine, and associated fields in science and technology.

Chairpersons

() (1930–1931) #

() (1931–1938) #

Zhang Bojun Zhang Bojun (; November 17, 1895 – May 17, 1969) was a Chinese politician and intellectual, and was removed from his ministerial position in the late 1950s after being declared "China's number one rightist." Biography Zhang graduated from the ...

() (1938–1958) #

Ji Fang Ji Fang (; April, 1890 – December 17, 1987) was a Chinese male politician, who served as the vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. References

1890 births 1987 deaths Vice Chairpersons of the Na ...

() (1958–1987) #

Zhou Gucheng Zhou Gucheng (; September 13, 1898 – November 10, 1996) was a Chinese male politician, who served as the vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. References 1898 births 1996 deaths Vice Chairpers ...

() (1987–1988) # Lu Jiaxi () (1988–1997) #

Jiang Zhenghua Jiang Zhenghua (; born in October 1937) is a Chinese male politician, who served as the vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. References 1937 births Possibly living people Vice Chairpersons of ...

() (1997–2007) # Sang Guowei () (2007–2012) #

Chen Zhu Chen Zhu (; born August 17, 1953) is a Chinese hematologist, molecular biologist, and politician. He is a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and President of the Red Cross Society of China. He was also the c ...

() (2012–2022) #

() (2022–present)

References

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