Nationalist Party of China

The Nationalist Party of China (Chinese: 中國國民黨) is main political party of Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1912. The Nationalist Party was founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 after the foundation of the Republic of China, but during the warlord era, the party turned yourself into an revolutionary and socialist party, starting an revolution in southern provinces of China in 1917. The Natinalist Party also created an army in 1925 and created along the communist party a new chinese government in 1927 after the fall of the Beiyang government, in Beijing.

• In Mainland China, the Nationalist Party ruled the government until 1949 when the communists captured the mainland and the nationalist party moved to Taiwan.

• In Taiwan, the party ruled the government from 1950 until the general elections of 2016 with the progressive party's victory.

Kuomintang Chinese: 中國國民黨; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng
Abbreviation	KMT
Chairman	Johnny Chiang Chi-chen
Secretary-General	Lee Chien-lung [zh]
Founded	10 October 1919; 105 years ago (1919-10-10)
Preceded by	Revive China Society (1894) Tongmenghui (1905) Nationalist Party (1912) Chinese Revolutionary Party (1914)
Headquarters	232–234 Sec 2 Bade Rd, Zhongshan District, Taipei, ROC 10492[1]
Newspaper	Central Daily News Kuomintang News Network
Think tank	National Policy Foundation
Youth wing	Kuomintang Youth League
Education Wing	Institute of Revolutionary Practice
Armed wing	National Revolutionary Army (1925–1947) Taiwan Garrison Command (1958–1992)
Membership (2020)	345,971[2]
Ideology	Three Principles of the People[3][4][5] Conservatism[6] Chinese nationalism[7][8]
Political position	Centre-right[9][10][11] to right-wing[12][13]
National affiliation	Pan-Blue Coalition
Regional affiliation	Asia Pacific Democrat Union
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International International Democrat Union
Colours	Blue
Anthem	Sān Mín Zhǔyì
Legislative Yuan	52 / 113
Municipal mayors	3 / 6
Magistrates/mayors	12 / 16
Councillors	394 / 912
Township/city mayors	83 / 204
Party flag
Website
www.kmt.org.tw

Kuomintang
"Kuomintang (Guómíndǎng)" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中國國民黨
Simplified Chinese	中国国民党
Literal meaning	"Nationals’ Party of China"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng Bopomofo [ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄤˇ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: ㄓ) (help) Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jong'gwo Gwomin Daang Wade–Giles Chung¹-kuo² Kuo²-min² Tang³ IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋkwǒ kwǒmǐn tàŋ] other Mandarin Xiao'erjing [ﺟْﻮ ﻗُﻮَع ﻗُﻮَع مٍ دْا] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 68: ﺟ) (help) Dungan [Җунгуй Гуймин Дон] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: Җ) (help) Wu Romanization tson平 koh入 koh入 min平 taon上 Hakka Romanization dung24 gued2 gued2 min11 dong31 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jūnggwok Gwokmàhn Dóng IPA [[tsóŋkʷɔ̄ːk̚ kʷɔ̄ːk̚mɐ̏n tɔ̌ːŋ]] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 89: ̚) (help) Jyutping zung1gwok3 gwok3man4 dong2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-kok Kok-bîn-tóng
Abbreviated to
Traditional Chinese	國民黨
Simplified Chinese	国民党
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guómíndǎng Bopomofo [ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄤˇ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: ㄍ) (help) Gwoyeu Romatzyh Gwomin Daang Wade–Giles Kuo²-min² Tang³ IPA [kwǒmǐn tàŋ] Wu Romanization koh入min平taon上 Hakka Romanization gued2min11dong31 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gwokmàhn Dóng IPA [[kʷɔ̄ːk̚mɐ̏n tɔ̌ːŋ]] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 79: ̚) (help) Jyutping gwok3man4 dong2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Kok-bîn-tóng
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཀྲུང་གོའི་གོ་མིན་ཏང
Transcriptions Wylie krung go'i go min tang
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Cunghgoz Gozminzdangj
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Дундадын (Хятадын) Гоминдан (Хувьсгалт Нам)
Mongolian script	ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ (ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ) ᠭᠣᠮᠢᠨᠳᠠᠩ (ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠰᠬᠠᠯᠲᠤ ᠨᠠᠮ)
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Dumdadyn(Khyatadyn) Gomindan(khuvisgalt Nam)
Uyghur name
Uyghur	جۇڭگو گومىنداڭ
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Junggo Gomindang Yengi Yeziⱪ Junggo Gomindang Siril Yëziqi [Җуңго Гоминдaнг] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: Җ) (help)
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠵᡠᠩᡬᠣ ᡳ ᡬᠣᠮᡳᠨᡩᠠᠩ
Romanization	Jungg'o-i G'omindang

KMT main office in Taipei, Taiwan

The Nationalist Party's ideologies are nationalism, revolutionary socialism, Welfare state, Anti-capitalism and Social conservatism.^[14]

Names

The Nationalist Party of China is also called as Chinese Nationalist Party or Kuomintang (KMT; Chinese: 中國國民黨; English: Chinese Nationalist Party), also known as Guomindang (GMD) in Mainland (Simplified Chinese)