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 (2023) | 211,738 |
Ideology | Socialism with Chinese characteristics |
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 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). its membership currently consists of high- and medium-level intellectuals in the fields of science, technology, and education. The Jiusan Society is the seventh-ranking minor party in China. It currently has 56 seats in the National People's Congress, 5 seats in the NPC Standing Committee and 45 seats in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Its current chairman is Wu Weihua.
History
editThe party was originally founded informally in 1944 in Chongqing as the "Democracy and Science Forum". On 3 September 1945, after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the organization was held an enlarged meeting to rename itself to the Jiusan Forum, referencing the date of victory. On 4 May 1946, it was renamed to the Jiusan Society.[1]
Organization
editThe party's mission statement is to "lead the nation to power and the people to prosperity". According to its constitution, the Jiusan Society is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.[2] The party's main focus is scientific and educational development. It is the seventh-ranking minor party in China.[3] The party is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4][5]
The highest body of the Jiusan Society officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 12th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held Party Congress.[2] As of 30 June 2023[update], the Jiusan Society has 30 province-level, 282 prefecture-level city, 29 county-level and 7,874 grassroot level organizations.[1] The party publishes the newspapers Democracy and Science (民主与科学)[6] and Central Communications of the Jiusan Society (九三中央社讯).[7][8]
Composition
editThe party's membership mostly consists of high- and medium-level intellectuals in the fields of science, technology, and education.[9] As of 30 June 2023[update], the party has 211,738 members, of whom 120,004 are senior academicians.[1]
Chairpersons
editNo. | Chairperson | Took office | Left office | Ref. | |
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1 | Xu Deheng
许德珩 |
May 4, 1946 | January 1988 | [citation needed] | |
2 | Zhou Peiyuan
周培源 |
January 1988 | December 1992 | [citation needed] | |
3 | Wu Jieping
吴阶平 |
December 1992 | December 2002 | [citation needed] | |
4 | Han Qide
韩启德 |
December 2002 | December 2017 | [citation needed] | |
5 | Wu Weihua
武维华 |
December 7, 2017 | Incumbent | [10] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "九三学社简介" [Introduction to Jiusan Society]. Jiusan Society. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ a b "九三学社章程" [Charter of the Jiusan Society]. Jiusan Society. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "我国八个民主党派排序考". Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ Seymour, James D. (1987). China's satellite parties. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 28, 88. ISBN 978-0-87332-412-0.
- ^ Lim, Louisa (5 May 2014). The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-19-934772-8.
- ^ "WKE". ds191954.net. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "搜索". www.93.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "社史研究通讯". www.93.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "A Quantitative Summary of Jiusan Society on its 71st Anniversary". www.93.org.cn. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "武维华主席_主席、副主席_九三学社中央委员会". www.93.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.