China Zhi Gong Party 中国致公党 Zhōngguó Zhìgōngdǎng
Chairperson	Jiang Zuojun
Founder	Chen Jiongming andTang Jiyao
Founded	10 October 1925; 100 years ago (1925-10-10); inSan Francisco,California, U.S.
Preceded by	Hongmen
Headquarters	Beijing
Newspaper	China Development China Zhi Gong
Membership(2022)	69,000
Ideology	Socialism with Chinese characteristics 1925–1947: Federalism Multi-party democracy
Slogan	"Committed to the public" (致力为公;Zhìlì wèi gōng)
National People's Congress (14th)	39 / 2,980
NPC Standing Committee	3 / 175
CPPCC National Committee (14th)	30 / 544 (Seats for political parties)
Website
www.zg.org.cn
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TheChina Zhi Gong Party (Chinese:中国致公党;pinyin:Zhōngguó Zhìgōngdǎng;lit. 'Public Interest Party of China') is one of the eight minordemocratic parties in thePeople's Republic of China under the direction of theChinese Communist Party.

The China Zhi Gong Party was founded on 10 October 1925 inSan Francisco as a party advocating for federalism and multi-party democracy. In 1926, it moved its headquarters toHong Kong and was nearly wiped out during theJapanese occupation of the city. The party later gradually moved towards the CCP, attending thefirst plenary session of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has been a minor party under the leadership of the CCP.

The party's members are mainly returned overseas Chinese and their relatives, as well as people with overseas connections. Some scholars have described the Zhi Gong Party as "gathering non-party voices to support the party". It is the sixth-ranking minor party in China. It currently has 39 seats in theNational People's Congress, three seats in theNPC Standing Committee and 65 seats in the CPPCC. Its current chairman isJiang Zuojun.

The China Zhi Gong Party derives from the overseasHung Society organization "Hung Society Zhigong Hall" or "Chee Kung Tong", based inSan Francisco, United States. This organization was one of the key supporters ofSun Yat-sen in his revolutionary efforts to overthrow theQing dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

The party was founded on 10 October 1925 in San Francisco, and was led byChen Jiongming andTang Jiyao, two ex-Kuomintangwarlords that went into opposition. Their first platform wasfederalism andmulti-party democracy. The party moved its headquarters to the then-British colony ofHong Kong in 1926. After theJapanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 it began engaging in anti-Japanese propaganda and boycotts. The party was nearly wiped out during theJapanese occupation of Hong Kong. The party turned to the left during its third party congress in 1947.^{[1][non-primary source needed]}

On 21 September 1949, just before theproclamation of the People's Republic of China, representatives of the CZGP attended thefirst plenary Session of the CPPCC at the invitation of the CCP. They participated in drawing up theCommon Program and electing theCentral People's Government. As part of the CCP's reorganization of the minor aligned parties, the CZGP was designated as the party of returnedoverseas Chinese, their relatives, and noted figures and scholars who have overseas ties.^[2]

The Zhi Gong Party is sometimes used as an intermediary for contacts with certain foreign interests. For example, when a delegation ofParaguayan politicians visited Beijing in 2001 and metLi Peng (despite Paraguay having diplomatic relations not with PRC butwith ROC in Taiwan), it was invited not by the PRC government or the CCP, but by the Zhi Gong Party.^[3]

In April 2007,Wan Gang, Deputy Chair of the Zhi Gong Party Central Committee, was appointedMinistry of Science and Technology. This was the first non-CCP ministerial appointment in China in 35 years.^[4]

According to its constitution, the China Zhi Gong Party is officially committed tosocialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.^[5] It is the sixth-ranking minordemocratic party in China.^[6] The party is a member of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a principal organization in the CCP'sunited front strategy.^[2][7]

The highest body of the China Zhi Gong Party officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 16th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held party congress. The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party.^[5] As of November 2022^[update], the party has organizations in 21province-level administrative divisions throughout China.^[8] The party publishes the newspapersChina Development^[9] andChina Zhi Gong.^[10]

According to theState Council Information Office, the China Zhi Gong Party is "mainly composed of the middle and higher ranks of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives, and representatives of people with overseas connections". In November 2022, the party had 69,000 members.^[8][7] Some scholars have described the Zhi Gong Party as "gathering non-party voices to support the party".^[11]

No.	Chairperson		Took office	Left office	Ref.
1		Chen Jiongming 陈炯明	October 1925	September 1933	[citation needed]
2		Chen Yansheng 陈演生	1933	1947	[citation needed]
3		Li Jishen 李济深	May 1947	April 1950	[citation needed]
4		Chen Qiyou 陈其尤	April 1950	1966	[citation needed]
5		Huang Dingchen 黄鼎臣	October 1979	April 1988	[citation needed]
6		Dong Yinchu 董寅初	April 1988	November 1997	[citation needed]
7		Luo Haocai 罗豪才	November 1997	December 2007	[citation needed]
8		Wan Gang 万钢	21 December 2007	14 December 2022	[12]
9		Jiang Zuojun 蒋作君	14 December 2022	Incumbent	[citation needed]

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