China National Democratic Construction Association

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 (Chinese: 迁川工厂联合会) 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.^[2] 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;^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

In July 1952, it was renamed to the China National Democratic Construction Association.^[7][8] Its vice chairperson Rong Yiren served as the vice president of China from 1993 to 1998.^[9][10]

According to its constitution, the CNDCA is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.^[11] It is the third-ranking minor democratic party in the People's Republic of China.^[12] The chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce has usually been a member of the CNDCA.^[13]

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.^[11] As of June 2024^[update], has organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.^[14][15] It publishes the newspapers Economic Affairs (经济界)^[16] and People's Information (民讯).^[17]

Chairpersons

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No.	Chairperson		Took office	Left office	Ref.
1		Huang Yanpei 黃炎培	16 December 1945	21 December 1965	[19]
–		Li Zhuchen 李烛尘 Acting	21 December 1965	7 October 1968	[19]
2		Hu Juewen 胡厥文	23 October 1979	December 1987	[19]
3		Sun Qimeng 吴阶平	December 1987	December 1996	[19]
4		Cheng Siwei 成思危	December 1996	December 2017	[19]
5		Chen Changzhi 陈昌智	14 December 2007	20 December 2017	[20]
6		Hao Mingjin 郝明金	20 December 2017	Incumbent	[21]

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