National Government Committee (Wang Jingwei regime)

On March 30, 1940, the Wang Jingwei regime was established in Nanjing, with Wang Jingwei serving as the acting chairman (at that time, Lin Sen, who was still in Chongqing, was the chairman of the National Government). On November 28 of the same year, the Central Political Committee held a meeting to revise the Organic Law of the National Government of the Republic of China, deleting the clauses that "the chairman shall not bear actual political responsibility" and "the chairman shall not hold other official positions," and elected Wang Jingwei as the chairman of the National Government.^[1]

In 1944, Wang Jingwei went to Japan for treatment due to the worsening of his condition. On March 22 of the same year, the Central Political Committee held an emergency meeting. Based on Wang Jingwei's proposal before his departure, the meeting decided that Chen Gongbo, the president of the Legislative Yuan, would serve as acting chairman of the National Government. After Wang Jingwei's death, Chen Gongbo held an inauguration ceremony on November 20 as acting chairman of the National Government. Although Wang Jingwei was dead, Chen Gongbo still insisted on using the title "acting chairman".^[2]

The committee members included:^[4][5]