Jiusan Society
Chairperson	Wu Weihua
Founded	4 May 1946; 78 years ago (1946-05-04)
Headquarters	Beijing
Newspaper	Democracy and Science Central Communications of the Jiusan Society
Membership(2024)	222,000
Ideology	Socialism with Chinese characteristics
National People's Congress (14th)	56 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee	5 / 175
CPPCC National Committee (14th)	45 / 544 (Seats for political parties)
Website
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TheJiusan Society (Chinese:九三学社;pinyin:Jiǔsān Xuéshè;lit. 'Nine-Three Academic Society') is one of the eight minordemocratic parties in thePeople's Republic of China under the direction of theChinese 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 theSecond 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 theNational People's Congress, 5 seats in theNPC Standing Committee and 45 seats in theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Its current chairman isWu Weihua.

The party was originally founded informally in 1944 inChongqing as the "Democracy and Science Forum". On 3 September 1945, after the end of theSecond 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]

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 tosocialism 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 minordemocratic party in China.^[3] The party is a member of theChinese 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 October 2024^[update], the Jiusan Society has 30province-level, 282prefecture-level city, 29county-level and 8,116 grassroot level organizations.^[1] The party publishes the newspapersDemocracy and Science (民主与科学)^[6] andCentral Communications of the Jiusan Society (九三中央社讯).^[7][8]

The party's membership mostly consists of high- and medium-level intellectuals in the fields of science, technology, and education.^[9] As of October 2024^[update], the party has 222,000 members, of whom 126,000 are senior academicians.^[1]

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]

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