Jiusan Society

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The Jiusan Society is one of the eight minor non-oppositional political parties in the People's Republic of China (PRC), officially termed "democratic parties," led by the Chinese Communist Party. 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). Its membership currently consists of high- and medium-level intellectuals in the fields of science, technology, and education. The Jiusan Society is the seventh-ranking minor party in the PRC. It currently has 56 seats in the National People's Congress (NPC), 5 seats in the NPC Standing Committee and 45 seats in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Its current chairman is Wu Weihua.

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