The Productive People's Party ( zh, s=生产人民党) was a short-lived leftist

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formed during the Fujian Rebellion in November 1933. It was formed by officers of the National Revolutionary Army's

19th Route Army 19th Route Army () was an army in the Republic of China led by General Cai Tingkai. It gained a good reputation among Chinese for fighting the Japanese in Shanghai in the January 28 Incident in 1932. In 1933-34 it was the main force in the Fu ...

. They were disaffected by Chiang Kai-shek's domination of both the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

and the Republic of China. The party's general secretary was

Chen Mingshu Chen Mingshu (; 15 October 1889 – 15 May 1965) was a Chinese general and politician. A Hakka from Hepu, Guangxi, he graduated from Baoding Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition. He was briefly premier after Chiang Kai-sh ...

. The platform consisted of anti-imperialism, especially against Japan,

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, overthrow of Chiang and the right-wing of the Nationalist Party, rule of the

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and

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, and so on. When the rebellion collapsed in January 1934, the party fled to

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where it self-dissolved. It was succeeded by the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party.

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