PART VIII : TAIMENG
Many people believe that in China, one political party rules everything. At the same time, a lot of people are curious to know how this great machine works, which runs a country as big as the whole of Europe and with 1.4 billion inhabitants. In China there is also a Parliament which works much like ours. Its name is PCC : Political Consultative Conference whose standing committee is elected every 5 years. Not to be confused with NPC ( National People’s Congress), an other huge deliberative body ( next chapter)
As in European system political parties are found in main parliaments and other levels of power in China.In Chinese PCC members are selected in and represents every level of the society in all the country and also for Overseas Chinese. PCC includes the CCP, patriots without any party affiliation and 8 major parties. We are going to introduce these 8 parties of the PCC, the majority of which are 90 years old.
1°Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK)
2° Nong Gong Dang Chinese Farmers & Workers Democratic Party
3°China Democratic League (CDL)
4° Zhi Gong Dang
5° China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA)
6° China Association for Promoting Democracy (known as China DDP)
7° JiuSan Society (literally known as Nine-Three Academic Society)
8° Taiwan Democratic Self-Governing League (TDSL)
What are the powers of the PCC standing committee ? Mainly it :
– participates in the state power
– participates in the negotiation of major national policies
– the election of national leaders
– participates in the management of national affairs and the formulation and implementation of guidelines, policies, laws and regulations- actively playing the role of democratic supervision for the democratization and scientific decision-making of the country
– Etc…
PCC body also consists of delegates from unions, federations, associations, nominally independent members and special committees. PCC is chaired by a member of the politburo standing committee.
PART VIII: TAIMENG Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
The Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, also known by its Chinese abbreviation Taimeng, is one of the eight legally recognized political parties in the People’s Republic of China that follow the direction of the Communist Party of China and are members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. It was formed in Hong Kong in November 1947 by members of the Taiwanese Communist Party who survived the February 28 Incident ( or Massacre, it was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang-led Republic of China government, which killed thousands of civilians beginning on February 28, 1947)
The Taiwan Democratic Self Government League has a membership of 3,000 people, most of whom are prominent people that are from Taiwan or are of Taiwanese heritage, but now reside on the mainland.Regarding political participation and discussion, the Taiwan League has put forward many constructive proposals to the government since 2005, such as:
– Suggestions on “Doing a Good Job for Taiwanese Students in Mainland China”
– Strengthen the construction of the national emission trading market to boost the green development of urbanization
– Strengthen the construction and management of rural primary schools to promote the balanced development of education
– Establish a regional credit joint credit investigation system in mega central cities
– Transform government functions and give full play to the role of social organizations in social management
– Use fiscal and taxation policies to narrow the gap in per capita income in the country
谢雪红 Xie Xuehong (October 1901 – November 1970) was a Taiwanese politician. A women’s rights activist, she cofounded the Taiwanese Communist Party. Persecuted by the Kuomintang, she escaped to China, where she became a member of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League and the Communist Party of China.
苏辉 Su Hui (May 1956), native of Tainan, Taiwan, was born in Changchun, Jilin. Graduated from Central University of Finance and Economics. Served as a representative of the 17th and 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance.She is the current vice chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.
