Jiusan Society
minor political party in China
The Jiusan Society is one of the eight minor non-oppositional political parties in the People's Republic of China (PRC), officially termed "democratic parties," led by the Chinese Communist Party.
The party's original name was "Democracy and Science Forum" on its informal founding in 1944; the current name refers to the date of Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War (3 September 1945). Its membership currently consists of high- and medium-level intellectuals in the fields of science, technology, and education. The Jiusan Society is the seventh-ranking minor party in the PRC. It currently has 56 seats in the National People's Congress (NPC), 5 seats in the NPC Standing Committee and 45 seats in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Its current chairman is Wu Weihua.
History
The party was originally founded informally in 1944 in Chongqing as the "Democracy and Science Forum". On September 3, 1945, after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the organization was held an enlarged meeting to rename itself to the Jiusan Forum, referencing the date of victory. On 4 May 1946, it was renamed to the Jiusan Society. Its founding members were, before the founding, members of the Chinese Communist Party.
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The party's mission statement is to "lead the nation to power and the people to prosperity".
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