Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang

This article is about the party in the People's Republic of China. For the political party active in the Republic of China (Taiwan), see Kuomintang.

The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK; also commonly known, especially when referenced historically, as the Left Kuomintang or Left Guomindang), commonly abbreviated in Chinese as Minge (民革), is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.

Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang 中国国民党革命委员会
Abbreviation	RCCK
Chairman	Zheng Jianbang
Founded	1 January 1948; 77 years ago (1948-01-01)
Split from	Kuomintang (left-wing faction)
Headquarters	Donghuachenggen South Street Donghuamen Subdistrict, Beijing
Newspaper	Tuanjie Bao (Unity Daily) Tuanjie (Unity)
Membership (2022)	158,000
Ideology	Socialism with Chinese characteristics New Three Principles of the People Chinese nationalism Left-wing nationalism
National People's Congress (14th)	41 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee	6 / 175
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	65 / 544 (Seats for political parties)
Website
www.minge.gov.cn
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Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国国民党革命委员会
Traditional Chinese	中國國民黨革命委員會
Literal meaning	"Revolutionary Committee of the Nationalist Party of China"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng Gémìngwěiyuánhuì Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄤˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ Wade–Giles Chung1-kuo2 Kuo2-min2-tang3 Ko2-ming4-wei3-yüan2-hui4 Tongyong Pinyin Jhongguó Gúo-mín-dǎng Gé-mìng-wěi-yuán-huèi IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋ.kwǒ kwǒ.mǐn.tàŋ kɤ̌.mîŋ.wèɪ.ɥɛ̌n.xwêɪ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping zung1 gwok3 gwok3 man4 dong2 gaak3 ming6 wai2 jyun4 wui6 IPA [tsʊŋ˥ kʷɔk̚˧ kʷɔk̚˧ mɐn˩ tɔŋ˧˥ kak̚˧ mɪŋ˨ wɐj˧˥ jyn˩ wuj˨]
Abbreviation
Chinese	民革
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mín'gé Wade–Giles Minko
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཀྲུང་གོ་གོ་མིན་ཏང་གསར་བརྗེ་ཨུ་ཡོན་ལྷན་ཁང
Transcriptions Wylie krung go go min tang gsar brje u yon lhan khang
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Cunghgoz Gozminzdangj Gwzming Veijyenzvei
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Дундад улсын гоминдангийн хувьсгалын зөвлөл
Mongolian script	ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠭᠣᠮᠢᠨᠳᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠰᠬᠠᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	جۇڭگو گومىنداڭ ئىنقىلابىي كومىتېتى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Junggo gomindang inqilabiy komitéti Yengi Yeziⱪ Junggo gomindang inqilabiy komitéti
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠮᡳᠨᡬᡝ
Romanization	Ming'e

It was founded in January 1948, during the height of the Chinese Civil War, by members of the left-wing of the Kuomintang (KMT), especially those who were against Chiang Kai-shek's policies. The first chairman of the party was General Li Jishen, a senior Nationalist military commander who had many disputes with Chiang over the years, while Soong Ching-ling (the widow of Sun Yat-sen) was named Honorary Chairwoman. Other early leading members were Wang Kunlun, Cheng Qian, He Xiangning and Tao Zhiyue. The party claims to be the true heir of Sun Yat-sen's legacy and his Three Principles of the People. In December 2022, the party had around 158,000 members. Its membership mostly consists of people with historical ties to the KMT and Taiwan.

Among the official political parties of the People's Republic of China, the Revolutionary Committee is officially ranked second after the CCP, being the first-ranking minor party. It also owns numerous assets, some formerly owned by the Kuomintang, throughout mainland China. The Revolutionary Committee operates a range of party-owned institutions, such as party schools.^{[citation needed]} The RCCK currently has 41 seats in the National People's Congress, 6 seats in the NPC Standing Committee and 65 seats in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Its current chairman is Zheng Jianbang.

History

After the end of World War II, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the CPC, who had allied to fight the Japanese, became increasingly tense; ultimately, both sides restarted the civil war, which World War II had interrupted. In 1945 and 1946, members of the Kuomintang's left formed the Three Principles of the People Confederation of Comrades and the Kuomintang Democratic Promotion Association in Chongqing and Guangzhou, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

In November 1947, the first joint representative meeting of the Kuomintang left was held in Hong Kong; on 1 January 1948, the meeting announced the official establishment of the "Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee", and nominated Soong Ching-ling, the widow of Sun Yat-sen, as the Honorary Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Committee (despite Soong Ching-ling never formally joining the commission).^[1][2][3]

Chairman Li Jishen, He Xiangning, and Feng Yuxiang were selected as the central leadership of the organization.^{[4][non-primary source needed]} In 1949, Li Jishen and other representatives of the RCCK were invited by the CPC to participate in Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1]

People's Republic of China

The third session of the 2nd Central Committee of the RCCK in 1953.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in October 1949, members of the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee maintained positions in the municipal and central governments.^{[4][non-primary source needed]}

In November 1949, the second congress of the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee was held in Beijing. At the second congress, the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, Chinese Nationalist Democratic Promotion Association, the Comrades of the Three Peoples Principles, and other members of the Kuomintang's left wing agreed to merge and form the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.^{[4][non-primary source needed]}

Soong Ching-ling served as the Vice Chairwoman of the People's Republic of China and Honorary Chairwoman of the People's Republic of China. Li Jishen served as Vice Chairman of the Central People's Government and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.^{[citation needed]}

Today, the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang focuses on improving relations with the Kuomintang on Taiwan, and its membership mainly consists of the descendants of Kuomintang revolutionaries.^{[4][5][better source needed]} It recruits members with current ties to Taiwan who support Chinese unification.^[6]

Organization

The headquarters of the Central Committee of the RCCK

The RCCK is one of the eight minor parties under the leadership of the CCP.^[7] The highest body of the RCCK officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 14th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held Party Congress.^[8] The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the RCCK.

According to its constitution, the RCCK is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CPC.^[9][10] Among the official political parties of the PRC, the Revolutionary Committee is officially ranked second after the CCP, being the first-ranking minor party.^[11]

Central Committee

The Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang is the highest body of the RCCK between National Congresses. It has six working departments:^[12]

• General Office
• Organization Department
• Propaganda Department
• Liaison Department
• Social Services Department
• Research Department.

The Central Committee additionally owns the newspapers Unity Daily (团结报; Tuánjié Bào) and Unity (团结; Tuánjié).^[13] The Central Committee is headed by a chairperson, who is assisted by several vice chairpersons. The current leaders of the RCCK are:^{[citation needed]}

RCCK Central Committee Chairman

• Zheng Jianbang, also a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

RCCK Central Committee Vice Chairpersons

• He Baoxiang (First-ranking)
• Liu Jiaqiang
• Li Huidong
• Tian Hongqi
• Wang Hong
• Feng Gong
• Wu Jing
• Ouyang Zehua
• Gu Zhenchun
• Chen Xingying

Membership

According to the State Council Information Office, the RCCK consists "mainly of people who have links with the KMT, have historical and social connections with the committee, or have relationships with Taiwan compatriots, along with specialists in social and legal affairs, and in business relating to agriculture, rural areas, and rural people".^[14] In December 2022, the party had around 158,000 members.^[15]

Historical leaders

Chairpersons of the Central Committee

No.	Chairperson		Took office	Left office	Ref.
1		Li Jishen 李济深	January 1948	October 1959	[citation needed]
2		He Xiangning 何香凝	August 1960	September 1, 1972	[citation needed]
3		Zhu Yunshan 朱蕴山	October 1979	April 30, 1981	[citation needed]
4		Wang Kunlun 王昆仑	September 9, 1981	August 23, 1985	[citation needed]
5		Qu Wu 屈武	September 1985	December 1987	[citation needed]
6		Zhu Xuefan 朱学范	December 1987	December 1992	[citation needed]
7		Li Peiyao 李沛瑶	December 1992	February 2, 1996	[citation needed]
8		He Luli 何鲁丽	November 11, 1996	December 15, 2007	[citation needed]
9		Zhou Tienong 周铁农	December 15, 2007	December 18, 2012	[citation needed]
10		Wan Exiang 万鄂湘	December 18, 2012	March 18, 2018	[citation needed]
11		Zheng Jianbang 郑建邦	December 10, 2022	Incumbent	[16]

Honorary Chairpersons of the Central Committee

1. Song Qingling (宋庆龄), 1948–1949
2. Qu Wu (屈武), 1988–1992
3. Zhu Xuefan (朱学范), 1992–1996
4. Hou Jingru (侯镜如), 1992–1994
5. Sun Yueqi (孙越崎), 1992–1995

Chairpersons of provincial committees

• Han Youwen (韩有文), Chairman of the Xinjiang Branch until 1998^[17][18]

Electoral history

National People's Congress elections

Election year	Number of seats
2017–18	43 / 2,970
2022–23	41 / 2,977

See also

• China portal
• Politics portal

• Politics of China

References

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External links

• Official website (in Chinese)