China National Democratic Construction Association
The China National Democratic Construction Association, also known by its Chinese abbreviation Minjian, is one of the eight minor non-oppositional political parties in the People's Republic of China, officially termed "democratic parties," under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.
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
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party reached the Double Tenth Agreement. At that time, the China Vocational Education Association led by Huang Yanpei, the Sichuan-relocated Factories Federation represented by Hu Juewen, together with a number of senior figures from the cultural and educational circles and from the national industrial and commercial community, began planning the establishment of a political organization to represent their shared interests. As a result, on 16 December 1945, the China Democratic National Construction Association was formally founded in the Southwest Industrial Building on Baixiang Street in Chongqing; the core of its basic political program was democracy and national development. The founding meeting elected Hu Juewen, Zhang Naiqi, Huang Yanpei, and others as members of the governing council.In September 1949, representatives of the Association—including Huang Yanpei, Zhang Naiqi, Hu Juewen, Shi Fuliang, and Sun Qimeng—participated in the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Among them, Huang Yanpei was appointed one of the four Vice Premiers of the Government Administration Council.
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.
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., has organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China. It publishes the newspapers Economic Affairs and People's Information.