The Jiusan Society is the seventh-ranking minor party in China.[2] The party's original name was "Democracy and Science Forum" on its informal founding in 1944; the current name refers to the date of Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War (3 September 1945).[3] The party is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4][5]
History
The party was originally founded informally in 1944 as the "Democracy and Science Forum".[3]
Organization
The party's mission statement is to "lead the nation to power and the people to prosperity". The party's main focus is scientific and educational development.
The party publishes the newspapers Democracy and Science (民主与科学)[7] and Central Communications of the Jiusan Society (九三中央社讯).[8][9]
Composition
The party's membership mostly consists of high- and medium-level intellectuals in the fields of science, technology, and education.[10] As of 30 June 2022[update], the party has 204,069 members, of whom 116,071 are senior academicians.[6]
^"九三学社章程". www.93.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^"我国八个民主党派排序考". Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2022.