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Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League 台湾民主自治同盟 Táiwān Mínzhǔ Zìzhì Tóngméng | |
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| Abbreviation | TDSL |
| Chairperson | Su Hui |
| Vice Chairpersons | Wu Guohua,Zheng Jianmin,Jiang Liping,Kong Lingzhi,Fu Zhiguan |
| Founders | Xie Xuehong,Yang Kehuang,Su Xin, etc. |
| Founded | 12 November 1947; 78 years ago (1947-11-12) |
| Preceded by | Taiwanese Communist Party |
| Headquarters | 14 Zuojiazhuang W Street Chaoyang District,Beijing, China |
| Newspaper | Taimeng (The TDSL) Xin Taiwan Congkan (New Taiwan Series; only in Hong Kong, before 1949) |
| Membership(2022) | 3,400 |
| Ideology | |
| National People's Congress (14th) | 14 / 2,977 |
| NPC Standing Committee | 3 / 175 |
| CPPCC National Committee (14th) | 20 / 544 (Seats for political parties) |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台湾民主自治同盟 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 臺灣民主自治同盟 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 台盟 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 臺盟 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཐའེ་ཝན་དམངས་གཙོ་རང་སྐྱོང་མནའ་མཐུན་ | ||||||
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| Zhuang | Daizvanh Minzcuj Swci Dungzmungz | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дайвааны ардчилсан өөртөө засах холбоо | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠸᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠣᠭᠠ | ||||||
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| Uyghur | تەيۋەن دېموكراتىك ئاپتونوم ئىتتىپاقى | ||||||
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| Manchu script | ᡨᠠᡳᠮᡝᠩ | ||||||
| Romanization | Taimeng | ||||||
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TheTaiwan Democratic Self-Government League (TDSL), also known by its Chinese abbreviationTaimeng (simplified Chinese:台盟;traditional Chinese:臺盟), is one of the eight minordemocratic parties in thePeople's Republic of China under the direction of theChinese Communist Party.
The party was founded in the then-British colony ofHong Kong in November 1947, by members of theTaiwanese Communist Party who survived theFebruary 28 incident. It is mostly composed of prominent people from Taiwan or people of Taiwanese heritage who now reside on the mainland. It is the eighth-ranking minor party in China. It currently has 14 seats in theNational People's Congress, 4 seats in theNPC Standing Committee and 20 seats in theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference; it is the smallest legally recognized minor political party in the People's Republic of China. TDSL supportsChinese unification. The party does not participate in thepolitical system of Taiwan. Its current chairwoman isSu Hui.
The party was founded in the then-British colony ofHong Kong on 12 November 1947, by members of theTaiwanese Communist Party who survived theFebruary 28 incident.[1] The party's founding chair,Xie Xuehong, was the leader ofa communist armed resistance movement against the Nationalists in central Taiwan after the February 28 incident.[2] TheFebruary 28 incident and the subsequent crackdown caused large portions of the Taiwanese diaspora, such as those in Japan, to sympathize with the Chinese Communists.[3] The party quickly established branches in Japan where they worked to oppose the Taiwan independence activistThomas Liao's calls for a United Nations plebiscite on the status of Taiwan.[4]
Before 1958, the party advocated for Taiwan's communization but supportedTaiwanese self-determination.[1][5][6] The party is now opposed toTaiwan independence.[7]
According to its constitution, the TDSL is officially committed tosocialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.[8] The TDSL supportsChinese unification and opposesTaiwanese independence.[9][7] It is the eighth-ranking minordemocratic party in China.[10]
The highest body of the TDSL officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 11th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held Party Congress. The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the TDSL.[8] In June 2022, the party had organizations in 19province-level administrative divisions throughout China.[11] The TDSL publishes the newspaperTaimeng (The TDSL).[12] It historically published theXin Taiwan Congkan (New Taiwan Series) before 1949 while it was based in Hong Kong.[13]
The TDSL is mostly composed of prominent people from Taiwan or people of Taiwanese heritage who now reside on the mainland. As of June 2022[update], it has 3,400 members.[11]
| No. | Chairperson | Took office | Left office | Ref. | |
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| 1 |  | Xie Xuehong 谢雪红 | October 1949 | January 1958 | [citation needed] |
| 2 | Cai Xiao 蔡啸 | October 1979 | December 1983 | [citation needed] | |
| 3 | Su Ziheng 苏子蘅 | December 1983 | November 1987 | [citation needed] | |
| 4 | Lin Shengzhong 林盛中 | November 1987 | December 1988 | [citation needed] | |
| 5 | Cai Zimin 蔡子民 | December 1988 | November 1997 | [citation needed] | |
| 6 | Zhang Kehui 张克辉 | November 1997 | December 2005 | [citation needed] | |
| 7 | Lin Wenyi 林文漪 | December 2005 | December 2017 | [citation needed] | |
| 8 |  | Su Hui 苏辉 | December 2017 | Incumbent | [14] |
| Election year | Number of seats |
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| 2017–18 | 13 / 2,970 |
| 2022–23 | 14 / 2,977 |
The party recently said at a briefing that its proposals this year highlight the shared historical roots and origins of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, aiming at promoting Taiwan compatriots to oppose "Taiwan independence" and advocate for reunification.
