The China Association for Promoting Democracy ( zh, s=中国民主促进会, p=Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Cùjìnhuì) is one of the eight legally recognised minor political parties in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

that follow the direction of the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

and is a member of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

. It was formed on 30 December 1945, and mainly represents high-level intellectuals engaged in education and cultural publishing media. It holds seats in the

National People's Congress of China The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,9 ...

Chairpersons

Ma Xulun Ma Xulun (, 27 April 18854 May 1970), courtesy name Yichu ( zh, 彝初), was a Chinese politician, activist, and linguist. He was one of the co-founders of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. Early life Ma Xulun was an early member of ...

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Zhou Jianren Zhou Jianren (; 1888–1984) was a politician and biologist of the People's Republic of China. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren. When the office of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was ...

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Ye Shengtao Ye Shengtao (28 October 1894 – 16 February 1988) was a Chinese writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician. He was a founder of the Association for Literary Studies (), the first literature association during the May Fourth Movement ...

() (1984–1987) #

Lei Jieqiong Lei Jieqiong (; 12 September 1905 – 9 January 2011), also known as Kit King Lei, was a Chinese sociologist, activist, and politician. Educated in the United States, she taught at Yenching University, China University of Political Science and L ...

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Xu Jialu Xu Jialu (; born 1937) was a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and was head of the College of Chinese Language and Culture at Beijing Normal University. Life Xu was born in Beijing, though his ancestral hom ...

() (1997–2007) #

Yan Junqi Yan Junqi (; born August 1946) is the vice chairwoman of the standing committee of the National People's Congress of China, and the national chair of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, a legally recognized non-Communist political party ...

() (2007–2017) #

Cai Dafeng Cai Dafeng (; born 1960) is a Chinese politician and architect currently serving as chairperson of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (2017–present) and Vice Chairperson of the 13th National People's Congres ...

() (2017–present)

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