China Democratic League

The China Democratic League (CDL) is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. The CDL was originally founded in 1941 as an umbrella coalition group of the Chinese National Socialist Party, the Chinese Youth Party and the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party to fight the Imperial Japanese Army while providing for a "Third Force".

China Democratic League
中国民主同盟
Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Tóngméng
ChairpersonDing Zhongli
Founded
HeadquartersDongchang Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing
NewspaperPopular Tribune
Central Communications of the League
Guangming Daily (1949–1982)
Membership (2022)348,300
IdeologySocialism with Chinese characteristics
1941–1947:
Big tent
Centrism
Multi-party democracy
National People's Congress (14th)
56 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee
9 / 175
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
65 / 544
(Seats for political parties)
Website
www.mmzy.org.cn
China Democratic League
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国民主同盟
Traditional Chinese中國民主同盟
Abbreviation
Chinese民盟
Tibetan name
Tibetanཀྲུང་གོ་དམངས་གཙོ་མནའ་མཐུན
Zhuang name
ZhuangCunghgoz Minzcuj Dungzmungz
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicДундад улсын ардчилсан холбоо
Mongolian scriptᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ
ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ
Uyghur name
Uyghurجۇڭگو دېموكراتىك ئىتتىپاقى
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠮᡳᠨᠮᡝᠩ
RomanizationMinmeng

As of December 2022, the CDL had around 348,300 members. The CDL is the second-ranking minor party in China after the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. It currently has 56 seats in the National People's Congress and 9 seats in the NPC Standing Committee. Its current chairman is Ding Zhongli.

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