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Jiusan Society

Jiusan Society
ChairpersonWu Weihua
Founded4 May 1946; 78 years ago (1946-05-04)
HeadquartersBeijing
NewspaperDemocracy and Science
Central Communications of the Jiusan Society
Membership (2023)211,738
IdeologySocialism 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)
Website
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Jiusan Society
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese九三学社
Traditional Chinese九三學社
Literal meaningSeptember Third Society
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJǐusān Xuéshè
Tibetan name
Tibetanདགུ་གསུམ་ཤེས་རིག་སློབ་ཚོགས
Transcriptions
Wyliedgu gsum shes rig slob tshogs
Zhuang name
ZhuangGiujsanh 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
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi“ 9 · 3 ” ilmiy jemiyiti
Yengi Yeziⱪ“ 9 · 3 ” ilmiy jemiyiti
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠵᡳᡠᠰᠠᠨ
ᡧᡠᡝᡧᡳᡝ
RomanizationJiusan Xueshe
Headquarters of Jiusan Society in Haidian, Beijing

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.

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

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The 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

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The 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, 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

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The 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, the party has 211,738 members, of whom 120,004 are senior academicians.[1]

Chairpersons

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No. Chairperson Took office Left office Ref.
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

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  1. ^ a b c "九三学社简介" [Introduction to Jiusan Society]. Jiusan Society. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "九三学社章程" [Charter of the Jiusan Society]. Jiusan Society. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Seymour, James D. (1987). China's satellite parties. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 28, 88. ISBN 978-0-87332-412-0.
  5. ^ Lim, Louisa (5 May 2014). The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-19-934772-8.
  6. ^ "WKE". ds191954.net. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. ^ "搜索". www.93.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ "社史研究通讯". www.93.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
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