Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang

After the end of World War II, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the CCP, who had allied to fight the Japanese, became increasingly tense; ultimately, both sides restarted the civil war, which World War II had interrupted. In 1945 and 1946, members of the Kuomintang's left formed the Three Principles of the People Confederation of Comrades and the Kuomintang Democratic Promotion Association in Chongqing and Guangzhou, respectively.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

In November 1947, the first joint representative meeting of the Kuomintang left was held in Hong Kong; on 1 January 1948, the meeting announced the official establishment of the "Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee", and nominated Soong Ching-ling, the widow of Sun Yat-sen, as the Honorary Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Committee (despite Soong Ching-ling never formally joining the commission).{{cite web |title=Zhōngguó guómíndǎng gémìng wěiyuánhuì |script-title=zh:中国国民党革命委员会 |trans-title=The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |url=https://www2.scut.edu.cn/tzb/4716/list.htm |url-status=live |website=SCUT |publisher=South China University of Technology |access-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212200527/https://www2.scut.edu.cn/tzb/4716/list.htm |archive-date=12 December 2018}}{{Cite report |first1=S. P. |last1=Andreyev |date=7 July 1949 |title=Democratic parties and groups in the Preparatory Committee to convene a Political Consultative Conference |publisher=Cold War International History Project |translator1-first=Gary |translator1-last=Goldberg |url=https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/134160 |access-date=18 March 2021 |via=Wilson Center}}{{Cite web |title=Song Qingling |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Song-Qingling |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}

Chairman Li Jishen, He Xiangning, and Feng Yuxiang were selected as the central leadership of the organization.{{cite web |date=9 April 2018 |title=Zhōngguó guómíndǎng gémìng wěiyuánhuì jiǎnjiè |script-title=zh:中国国民党革命委员会简介 |trans-title=Introduction to the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |url=http://www.minge.gov.cn/n1/2017/1123/c415522-29663762.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112045205/www.minge.gov.cn/n1/2017/1123/c415522-29663762.html |archive-date=12 November 2018 |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |publisher= |language=zh}}{{Non-primary source needed|date=November 2022}} In 1949, Li Jishen and other representatives of the RCCK were invited by the CCP to participate in Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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After the founding of the People's Republic of China in October 1949, members of the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee maintained positions in the municipal and central governments.{{Non-primary source needed|date=November 2022}}

In November 1949, the second congress of the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee was held in Beijing. At the second congress, the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, Chinese Nationalist Democratic Promotion Association, the Comrades of the Three Peoples Principles, and other members of the Kuomintang's left wing agreed to merge and form the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.{{Non-primary source needed|date=November 2022}}

Soong Ching-ling served as the Vice Chairwoman of the People's Republic of China and Honorary Chairwoman of the People's Republic of China. Li Jishen served as Vice Chairman of the Central People's Government and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

Today, the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang focuses on improving relations with the Kuomintang on Taiwan, and its membership mainly consists of the descendants of Kuomintang revolutionaries.{{cite news |date=16 September 2019 |title=Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng Gémìng Wěiyuánhuì Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì zhǔxí Wàn Èxiāng jìyǔ Xīn Zhōngguó chénglì 70 zhōunián |script-title=zh:中国国民党革命委员会中央委员会主席万鄂湘 寄语新中国成立70周年 |trans-title=Wan Exiang, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, sent a message to the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China |work=People's Daily |publisher= |editor1-last=Yan |editor1-first=Yan |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0916/c429365-31355052.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007081425/cpc.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0916/c429365-31355052.html |archive-date=7 October 2019 |editor2-last=Qin |editor2-first=Hua}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=November 2022}} It recruits members with current ties to Taiwan who support Chinese unification.{{Cite web |title=The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) - China Yearbook 2004 |url=http://english1.english.gov.cn/2005-08/15/content_23323.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318040139/http://english1.english.gov.cn/2005-08/15/content_23323.htm |archive-date=18 March 2021 |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=State Council of the People's Republic of China}}

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The RCCK is one of the eight minor so-called "democratic parties" under the leadership of the CCP.{{Cite web |last1=Lawrence |first1=Susan V. |last2=Martin |first2=Michael F. |date=20 March 2013 |title=Understanding China's Political System |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190318053258/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2019 |access-date=17 March 2021 |website=Federation of American Scientists |publisher=Congressional Research Service |page=33}} The highest body of the RCCK officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 14th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held party congress.{{Cite web |title=Chinese KMT Revolutionary Committee convenes 14th national congress |url=http://english.scio.gov.cn/m/topnews/2022-12/09/content_85004003.htm |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=State Council Information Office}} The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the RCCK.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

According to its constitution, the RCCK is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.{{cite web |date=20 December 2017 |title= |script-title=zh:民革第十三次全国代表大会暨民革成立70周年纪念大会在京开幕 王沪宁代表中共中央致贺词-人民资讯-人民网 |trans-title=13th National Congress of the RCCK and the Commemorative Meeting of the 70th Anniversary of RCCK Open in Beijing; Wang Huning Delivers a Congratulatory Speech on Behalf of the CPC Central Committee |url=http://www.minge.gov.cn/n1/2017/1219/c415747-29716902.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713194736/http://www.minge.gov.cn/n1/2017/1219/c415747-29716902.html |archive-date=13 July 2019 |access-date=11 January 2018 |website=Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |language=zh}}{{cite web |date=23 December 2017 |title= |script-title=zh:中国国民党革命委员会章程（2017年12月23日）-人民资讯-人民网 |trans-title=Constitution of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (23 December 2017) |url=http://www.minge.gov.cn/n1/2017/1123/c415521-29663888.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712203008/http://www.minge.gov.cn/n1/2017/1123/c415521-29663888.html |archive-date=12 July 2019 |access-date=11 January 2018 |website=Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |language=zh}} Among the official political parties of the PRC, the Revolutionary Committee is officially ranked second after the CCP, being the first-ranking minor party.{{Cite web |date=9 December 2012 |title=我国八个民主党派排序考 |url=http://mg.lishui.gov.cn/xxyd/tzlr/t20091202_635563.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304152135/http://mg.lishui.gov.cn/xxyd/tzlr/t20091202_635563.htm |archive-date=4 March 2014 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |language=zh}}

The Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang is the highest body of the RCCK between National Congresses. It has six working departments:{{cite web |date=8 August 2008 |title=民革中央机构 |trans-title=Central Organization of the RCCK |url=http://www.minge.gov.cn/n1/2017/1122/c415524-29661995.html |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |publisher= |language=zh}}

• General Office
• Organization Department
• Propaganda Department
• Liaison Department
• Social Services Department
• Research Department.

The Central Committee additionally owns the newspapers Unity Daily ({{zh|s=团结报|labels=no|p=Tuánjié Bào}}) and Unity ({{zh|s=团结|labels=no|p=Tuánjié}}).{{cite web |title=Unity Daily |script-title=zh:团结报数字报 |url=http://epaper.tuanjiebao.com/html/2018-01/11/node_2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111164853/http://epaper.tuanjiebao.com/html/2018-01/11/node_2.htm |archive-date=11 January 2018 |access-date=11 January 2018 |language=zh}} The Central Committee is headed by a chairperson, who is assisted by several vice chairpersons. The current leaders of the RCCK are:{{cn|date=October 2024}}

• Zheng Jianbang, also a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress{{fact|date=March 2025}}

• He Baoxiang (First-ranking)
• Liu Jiaqiang
• Li Huidong
• Tian Hongqi
• Wang Hong
• Feng Gong
• Wu Jing
• Ouyang Zehua
• Gu Zhenchun
• Chen Xingying

According to the State Council Information Office, the RCCK consists "mainly of people who have links with the KMT, have historical and social connections with the committee, or have relationships with Taiwan compatriots, along with specialists in social and legal affairs, and in business relating to agriculture, rural areas, and rural people".{{Cite web |date=25 June 2021 |title=Full Text: China's Political Party System: Cooperation and Consultation |url=http://english.scio.gov.cn/whitepapers/2021-06/25/content_77587473_3.htm |access-date=6 October 2024 |website=State Council Information Office}} In December 2022, the party had around 158,000 members.{{Cite news |date=11 December 2022 |title=Zheng Jianbang elected chairman of Chinese KMT Revolutionary Committee |url=https://english.news.cn/20221211/94c576cbc8b847149e615c504896804d/c.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |work=Xinhua News Agency}}

1. Song Qingling ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|宋庆龄}}), 1948–1949
2. Qu Wu ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|屈武}}), 1988–1992
3. Zhu Xuefan ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|朱学范}}), 1992–1996
4. Hou Jingru ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|侯镜如}}), 1992–1994
5. Sun Yueqi ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|孙越崎}}), 1992–1995

• Han Youwen ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|韩有文}}), Chairman of the Xinjiang Branch until 1998{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S-EsAAAAMAAJ&q=han+youwen |title = China report: political, sociological and military affairs, Issues 19-24 |author=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1985 |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |page=103 |access-date=3 April 2011 }}{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=exDlAAAAMAAJ&q=+first+cavalry+division |title = Who's who in China current leaders |author = 《中国人名大辞典》编辑部 |year=1994 |publisher= Foreign Languages Press |isbn = 7-119-00725-4 |page=185 |access-date=3 April 2011 }}

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