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Communist Party of China 中国共产党 | |
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| Abbreviation | CPC |
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Founders | Chen Duxiu Li Dazhao 1st National Congress |
| Founded | 23 July, 1921 |
| Newspaper | People's Daily |
| Think tank | Central Policy Research Office |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth League of China Young Pioneers of China |
| Membership (2022) | 96,710,000 |
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| http://cpc.people.com.cn/ | |
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the vanguard of both of the Chinese working class and of the Chinese nation. It is guided by its ideology which is a practical application of Marxism-Leninism to the specific conditions of China. Among these ideological developments is Socialism with Chinese characteristics which emphasizes the development of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. The realization of communism is the highest ideal and ultimate goal of the Party. [1]
History
The Communist Party of China was founded on July 23, 1921, heavily influenced by the events of the May Fourth Movement and the October Revolution.[2] After many years of civil war in which the CPC achieved total victory in mainland China and most of the coastal islands, led the People's Liberation Army to defeat the National Army of the Republic of China, and forced the Republic of China into a military coup.
The government of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan. Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China in Beijing in 1949, the only ruling party in the PRC leading the Workers' and Peasants' Alliance and the United Front on behalf of the working class and exercising the People's Democratic Dictatorship in mainland China since October 1949.
By 2021, the CPC had reached over 90 million members.[3]
Demographics
In 2020, the Communist Party of China is about 91,914,000 members large or about 6.57% of their population. In 2017, about 26.7% of members are women.[4] In 2015, roughly 30% are farmers, herdsmen or fishermen, 25% white collar workers, 18% retirees, 8% government employees.[5]
On July 2, 2001, Jiang Zemin allowed the possibility of membership to be extended to the Bourgeoisie.[6] This policy would result in, by 2017, a large amount of the CPC's upper ranks being filled with millionaires or even billionaires, and greatly decreased the amount of power the workers had in the PRC's political affairs.[7]
Controversies
English Translation
Despite the CPC declaring the "Communist Party of China" to be official English translation of their native name; the party is incorrectly referred to as "Chinese Communist Party" (CCP) in Western media.
References
- ↑ The constitution of the Communist Party of China
- ↑ Hu Qiaomu. Thirty years of the Communist Party of China (Beijing: Foreign Languages Press)
- ↑ "Reflections on the Communist Party of China’s Centenary" (2021-07-08). Qiao Collective. Archived from the original on 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ↑ https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-06-30/doc-ihespqrx6865303.shtml
- ↑ https://daily.jstor.org/communist-party-of-china/
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/07/02/china-allows-its-capitalists-to-join-party/98c51d3e-590c-4f1b-a52a-132b3def1281/
- ↑ Sophia Yan (2017-3-2). "China’s parliament has about 100 billionaires, according to data from the Hurun Report" CNBC. Retrieved 2022-7-10.