Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

Minor political party in China

Socialism with Chinese characteristics^[1]^[2]
Chinese unification

National People's Congress (14th)

14 / 2,977

NPC Standing Committee

4 / 175

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

20 / 544

(Seats for political parties)Websitewww.taimeng.org.cn

Politics of China
Political parties
Elections

Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

臺灣民主自治同盟

Simplified Chinese

台湾民主自治同盟

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān Mínzhǔ Zìzhì Tóngméng

Abbreviation

Chinese

台盟

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiméng

Tibetan name

Tibetan

تەيۋەن دېموكراتىك ئاپتونوم ئىتتىپاقى‎

Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	teywen démokratik aptonom ittipaqi
Yengi Yeziⱪ	teywen démokratik aptonom ittipaqi

Manchu name

Manchu script

ᡨᠠᡳᠮᡝᠩ

Romanization

Taimeng

The Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (TDSL), also known by its Chinese abbreviation Taimeng (simplified Chinese: 台盟; traditional Chinese: 臺盟), is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.

With 14 seats in the National People's Congress and 4 seats in the NPC Standing Committee, the TDSL is the smallest legally recognized minor political party in the People's Republic of China. TDSL supports Chinese unification.^[3] The party does not participate in the political system of Taiwan.

History

The party was founded in the then-British colony of Hong Kong in November 1947, by members of the Taiwanese Communist Party who survived the February 28 incident.^{[citation needed]}

Organization

In June 2022, the party had organizations in 19 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.^[4]

The TDSL publishes the newspaper Taimeng (The TDSL).^[5] It historically published the Xin Taiwan Congkan (New Taiwan Series) before 1949 while it was based in Hong Kong.^[6]

Composition

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.^[4]

Chairpersons

Xie Xuehong (1949–1958)
Cai Xiao (1979–1983)
Su Ziheng [zh] (1983–1987)
Lin Shengzhong [zh] (1987–1988)
Cai Zimin [zh] (1988–1995)
Zhang Kehui (1995–2005)
Lin Wenyi (2005–2017)
Su Hui (2017–present)^[7]

References

^ "台湾民主自治同盟简介". www.taimeng.gov.cn (in Chinese). 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "台湾民主自治同盟章程". www.taimeng.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League vows to promote cross-Strait development". Xinhuanet. 4 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "新闻背景：台湾民主自治同盟" [News background: Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League]. Xinhua News Agency. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
^ "台盟盟刊". www.taimeng.org.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ 王连伟 (14 December 2012). "不能忘却的《新台湾丛刊》". tw.people.com.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ "现任领导". www.taimeng.org.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.