History of the Chinese Democratic Parties Series (Volume of the China Association for Promoting Democracy)

Author: Yang Ronghua
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: This book further deepens the research content,, making the study of the democratic parties more robust and flourishing, yielding abundant results. It makes new contributions to the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics, to adhering to and improving the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and to the long-term existence and development of this system. The book is guided by Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, especially by Deng Xiaoping Theory, with the development of the democratic parties from patriotism to socialism as the main thread. Based on the collection of a large amount of historical materials and the absorption of recent research achievements on the democratic parties, the book conducts a more in-depth and systematic study of the history of the democratic parties, combining history and theory, and interspersing narration with commentary. It highlights the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the democratic parties' pursuit of truth and continuous progress. To a certain extent, it reveals the regular phenomena in the social progress, political development, and historical evolution of the modern Chinese society and the democratic parties, making this book distinctive among research works on the history of the democratic parties. Moreover, the book includes chronicles of major events for each democratic party, important documents before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and brief biographies of key leaders, which also enhance the book's appeal.
The China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD) has gone through 50 years of from its establishment in December 1945 to 1995. During these 50 years, due to its specific historical environment and social status, it chose a historical path that fully demonstrated the characteristics and role of a revolutionary party in the context of Chinese social history. The historical process of the CAPD has been tortuous, constantly overcoming its own errors and shortcomings, growing and thriving, while also continuously accepting the influence of the Communist Party of China. The historical development of the CAPD can be divided into three stages: the test of the severe expansion of the Anti-Rightist Campaign, the test of economic difficulties, and the Cultural Revolution. This book comprehensively presents these three stages.