The Jiusan Society (Chinese: 九三学社; pinyin: Jiǔsān Xuéshè; lit. 'Nine-Three Academic Society') is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.
Jiusan Society | |
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| Chairperson | Wu Weihua |
| Founded | 4 May 1946 |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Newspaper | Democracy and Science Central Communications of the Jiusan Society |
| Membership (2022) | 204,069 |
| Ideology | Socialism with Chinese characteristics[1] |
| National People's Congress (14th) | 56 / 2,977 |
| NPC Standing Committee | 5 / 175 |
| Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | 45 / 544 (Seats for political parties) |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 九三学社 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 九三學社 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | September Third Society | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | དགུ་གསུམ་ཤེས་རིག་སློབ་ཚོགས | ||||||
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| Zhuang name | |||||||
| Zhuang | Giujsanh Yozse | ||||||
| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | “ 9 · 3 ” эрдэм шинжилгээний нийгэмлэг | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ﹃9 · 3 ﹄ ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠮ ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠨᠡᠶᠢᠭᠡᠮᠯᠢᠭ | ||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | « 3 - سېنتەبىر » ئىلمىي جەمئىيىتى | ||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||
| Manchu script | ᠵᡳᡠᠰᠠᠨ ᡧᡠᡝᡧᡳᡝ | ||||||
| Romanization | Jiusan Xueshe | ||||||
The Jiusan Society is the seventh-ranking minor party in China.[2] 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).[3] The party is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4][5]
History
The party was originally founded informally in 1944 as the "Democracy and Science Forum".[3]
Organization
The party's mission statement is to "lead the nation to power and the people to prosperity". The party's main focus is scientific and educational development.
The Jiusan Society has 30 province-level, 281 prefecture-level city, 29 county-level and 7,803 grassroot level organizations.[6]
The party publishes the newspapers Democracy and Science (民主与科学)[7] and Central Communications of the Jiusan Society (九三中央社讯).[8][9]
Composition
The party's membership mostly consists of high- and medium-level intellectuals in the fields of science, technology, and education.[10] As of 30 June 2022[update], the party has 204,069 members, of whom 116,071 are senior academicians.[6]
Chairpersons
- Xu Deheng (许德珩), 1946–1987
- Zhou Peiyuan (周培源), 1987–1992
- Wu Jieping (吴阶平), 1992–2002
- Han Qide (韩启德), 2002–2017
- Wu Weihua (武维华), 2017–present[11]
References
External links
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