For Public Good Party

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{{Infobox political party

| name = For Public Good Party

| native_name = {{nobold|中華民族致公黨}}

| native_name_lang = zh-tw

| logo = For Public Good Party logo.jpg

| logo_alt =

| colorcode = {{party color|For Public Good Party}}

| chairperson = Chen Po-kuang

| founder =

| founded = {{start date|2000|12|18|df=y}}

| registered = {{start date|2002|04|21|df=y}}

| headquarters = 21 Chang'an East Road Section 1, Taipei

| ideology = {{nowrap|Chinese conservatism
Chinese unification}}

| position = Right-wing to far-right

| national = Pro-Beijing camp

| seats1_title = Legislative Yuan

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| seats2_title = Municipal mayors

| seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|6|hex={{party color|For Public Good Party}}}}

| seats3_title = Magistrates/mayors

| seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|16|hex={{party color|For Public Good Party}}}}

| seats4_title = Councilors

| seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|912|hex={{party color|For Public Good Party}}}}

| seats5_title = Township/city mayors

| seats5 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|204|hex={{party color|For Public Good Party}}}}

| international =

| website = {{url|https://www.facebook.com/fpg.org.tw/}}

| country = Taiwan

}}

For Public Good Party ({{zh||t=中華民族致公黨|p=zhōnghuá mínzú zhìgōngdǎng|l=Chinese Nation Public Interest Party}}), or For All Mankind Equality Party, is a Chinese nationalist right-wing political party in Taiwan (Republic of China). Advocating Chinese unification, the party was elected to local council and as township mayors.

History

For Public Good Party and other parties, including China Zhi Gong Party which was part of the ruling United Front in China, originated from "Chee Kung Tong", an organisation under Hongmen.{{Cite web|title=中華民族致公黨黨章|url=https://party.moi.gov.tw/politics/party!downloadMgr.action?id=ff808081735bafdc0173797af79000c2|access-date=2022-02-03|website=party.moi.gov.tw|archive-date=2022-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203140956/https://party.moi.gov.tw/politics/party!downloadMgr.action?id=ff808081735bafdc0173797af79000c2|url-status=live}} The party was founded on 18 December 2000 and was registered on 21 April 2002,{{Cite web|last=|title=政黨資訊網|url=https://party.moi.gov.tw/politics/party!detail.action?id=98|access-date=2022-02-03|website=party.moi.gov.tw|language=zh-Hant-TW|archive-date=2022-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203140954/https://party.moi.gov.tw/politics/party!detail.action?id=98|url-status=live}} with Wang Jui-sheng as founding chairperson. The Chinese name of the party originally carried "Taiwan, China" ({{Lang|zh-tw|中國台灣}}), and was only amended to "Chinese nation" in 2017,{{Cite web |title=中國台灣致公黨舉行黨慶 正式更名"中華民族致公黨" |url=http://tw.people.com.cn/BIG5/n1/2017/1216/c14657-29711227.html |access-date=2021-11-21 |website=People's Daily |archive-date=2021-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121070532/http://tw.people.com.cn/BIG5/n1/2017/1216/c14657-29711227.html |url-status=live }} two years after Chen Po-kuang take over.

"For Public Good", "For All Mankind Equality", "Zhi Gong", and "Chee Kung" all refer to the Chinese word "{{lang|zh-TW|致公}}", with the latter two being transliterations. "{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|致公}}" is believed to be from "{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|和欲事,義同謀。}}", meaning "committed to golden mean for justice".

The party supports the unification of Taiwan and China, and is relatively active in the interaction with Chinese political parties.

In December 2023, the former deputy chairman of the party and others were arrested on suspicion on contravening the Anti-Infiltration Act for receiving money from China to fabricate political opinion polling.{{Cite news |date=December 24, 2023 |title=Man held for allegedly faking election surveys |work=Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/12/24/2003811071 |access-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224205416/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/12/24/2003811071 |url-status=live }}

Leaders

Below is the list of chairpersons of For Public Good Party:

  1. Wang Jui-sheng (王瑞陞) (2000–2015)
  2. Chen Po-kuang (陳柏光) (2015–)

Electoral performances

The party first ran in 2018 local election, winning in Taoyuan and Kinmen.{{Cite web|title=中华民族致公党喜迎当选席次 – 中国侨声网|url=https://thevoiceofchinese.com/%e6%9c%80%e6%96%b0%e6%96%b0%e9%97%bb/%e4%b8%ad%e5%8d%8e%e6%b0%91%e6%97%8f%e8%87%b4%e5%85%ac%e5%85%9a%e5%96%9c%e8%bf%8e%e5%bd%93%e9%80%89%e5%b8%ad%e6%ac%a1/|access-date=2021-11-21|date=2018-11-15|language=zh-CN|archive-date=2021-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121072046/https://thevoiceofchinese.com/%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB/%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F%E8%87%B4%E5%85%AC%E5%85%9A%E5%96%9C%E8%BF%8E%E5%BD%93%E9%80%89%E5%B8%AD%E6%AC%A1/|url-status=live}}

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Election

! Magistrates and mayors

! Councillors

! Township/city mayors

! Township/city council representatives

! Village chiefs

! Party leader

2018

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See also

References

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