China Association for Promoting Democracy

AbbreviationSimplified Chinese民进Traditional Chinese民進Tibetan nameTibetanཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་ཡར་སྐུལ་ལྷན་ཚོགསZhuang nameZhuangCunghgoz Minzcuj Coicaenh HoihMongolian nameMongolian CyrillicДундад улсын ардчилал ийнор ахиулах эвлэлMongolian scriptᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ
ᠡᠶᠢᠨᠣᠷ ᠠᠬᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ
ᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯUyghur nameUyghurجۇڭگو دېموكراتىيىنى ئىلگىرى سۈرۈش جەمئىيىتى‎Manchu nameManchu scriptᠮᡳᠨᠵᡳᠨRomanizationMinjin

The China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD, commonly known in Chinese as Minjin) is one of the eight minor non-oppositional political parties, officially termed "democratic parties," in the People's Republic of China led by the Chinese Communist Party. CAPD is a political party of a united-front nature, composed mainly of middle- and senior-level intellectuals engaged in education, culture, publishing, media, and related fields of science and technology.

It was formed on 30 December 1945, and mainly represents high-level intellectuals engaged in education and cultural publishing media. The CAPD is the fourth-ranking minor party in China. It currently has 58 seats in the National People's Congress, 7 seats in the NPC Standing Committee and 45 seats in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Its current chairman is Cai Dafeng.