List of political parties of the Republic of China

Political parties in the Republic of China lists political parties participating in politics of the Republic of China (ROC). Taiwan developed into a multi-party system after late 1980s. Currently there are 137 legal political parties in Taiwan.

History

The Republic of China was founded by Kuomintang (KMT)'s leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1912. Kuomintang was originally founded in Guangdong Province on August 25, 1912 from a collection of several revolutionary groups. It was China's first major political party. In 1921, The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in Shanghai as a study society and an informal network. Slowly, the CPC began to grow. There two were the only two major political parties in ROC at that time.

During the Chinese Civil War, under CPC'S leadership, the People's Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army in 1949. So Kuomintang had no choice, but to leave mainland China, and moved to Taiwan. However, it continued to use the name Republic of China even though the CPC claimed that Republic of China ceased to exist after 1949.

After 1949, Kuomintang maintained its strong political control for a few decades, so it was the only major political party in Taiwan. Around late 1980s, it began to lose its political control. Taiwan's second largest political party Democratic Progressive Party did not exist until after September 28, 1986. And its existence was not legalized until after 1991. Soon after, many other small political parties formed.

Political parties

List

Here is a list of parties according to the Ministry of the Interior, by order of registration:

1.Kuomintang (KMT) 2.Chinese Youth Party 3.China Democratic Socialist Party 4.工党 5.China Democracy Party 6.中国民主正義党 7.Chinese Republican Party (中華共和党) 8.中国連合党 9.China New Social Party (中国新社会党) 10.China People's Party (中国民衆党) 11.中国中和党 12.中国統一党 13.統一民主党 14.中国忠義党 15.Labor Party 16.Democratic Progressive Party 17.中華青少党 18.China Old Veterans Unification Party 19.Youth China Party (青年中国党) 20.忠義致公党 21.China Democratic Youth Party (中国民主青年党) 22.China Iron Guard Party (中国鉄衛党) 23.中国団結党 24.Chinese Liberal Democratic Party 25.中国復興党 26.大同党 27.中国国安党 28.China Peace Party (中国和平党) 29.中国民主革新党 30.Democratic Freedom Party 31.Democratic Action Party (民主行動党) 32.中国民主憲政党 33.中国大同民主党 34.中国洪英愛国党 35.大公党 36.中国自強党 37.中国中青党 38.中華正統党 39.中国民主統一党

40.中国全民党 41.中国保民党 42.Peasant Party 43.中国崇尚正義党 44.中国民治党 45.中国人権促進党 46.中国民政党 47.原民党 48.中興党 49.中国民富党 50.Democratic Republic Party (民主共和党) 51.自主民行党 52.中華全民均富党 53.中国大同社会党 54.天下為公党 55.China Youth Democratic Party (中国青年民主党) 56.Truth Party (真理黨) 57.中国大同統一党 58.中国檳英富国党 59.Chinese Social Democratic Party (中華社会民主党) 60.新中国民主建設党 61.China Liberal Social Party (中国自由社会党) 62.中国自立党 63.中国全民福利党 64.China Women Party (中国婦女党) 65.China Women Democratic Party (中国婦女民主党) 66.全国民主非政党連盟 67.China People Democratic Party (中国人民行動党) 68.Chinese Labor Party (中華労工党) 69.Nationwide Labor Party (全国労工党) 70.中華少数民族正義党 71.中華民族共和党 72.中華安青党 73.Civil Party 74.New Party 75.青年協和進歩党 76.China National Party (中国国家党)

77.人民団結党 78.Advance Party (先進党) 79.Green Party Taiwan 80.National Democratic Party (国家民主党) 81.自然律党 82.Taiwan Independence Party 83.中華新民党 84.社会改革党 85.民主連盟 86.新国家連線 87.Taiwan Democratic Party (台湾民主党) 88.中国天同党 89.中山党 90.People First Party 91.China Republic Democratic Party (中国共和民主党) 92.大中華統一陣線 93.新中国統一促進党 94.台湾慧行志工党 95.Taiwan Solidarity Union 96.台湾族群統一連盟 97.Taiwan Number One Party 98.中国台湾致公党 99.富民党 100.中国喚民党 101.台湾民主工党 102.洪運忠義党 103.World Peace Party (世界和平党) 104.工教連盟 105.People's Right Progressive Party (人民権利進歩党) 106.Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 107.尊厳党 108.中華民国自由自在党 109.保衛中華大同盟 110.Taiwan Defense Alliance 111.台湾人民行動連盟 112.中華博愛致公党 113.中華統一促進党 114.China Democratic Progressive Party (中国民主進歩党)

115.New Taiwan Party (新台湾党) 116.台湾建国連盟 117.Taiwan Party (台湾党) 118.済弱扶傾連盟 119.Taiwan Life Party (台湾生活党) 120.党外団結連盟 121.Hakka Party 122.全民廉政無党連盟 123.Taiwan New Hakka Party (台湾新客家党) 124.台湾平民行動党 125.全民健康連盟 126.自由工党 127.Taiwan National Party (台湾国民党) 128.Taiwan Farmers' Party 129.台湾平民民主党 130.Third Society Party 131.中華革興党 132.大道慈悲濟世黨 133.Home Party 134.Taiwan Constitution Association 135.Democratic Peace Party (民主和平黨) 136.Taiwan Democratic Republican Party (台灣民主共和黨) 137.World Peace Neutral Party (世界和平中立黨)

Defunct parties

*Taiwanese Communist Party 台灣共產黨
*Taiwanese People's Party 臺灣民眾黨

ee also

* Chinese Political Parties
* Index of political parties to browse parties by name
* List of political parties to browse parties by country
* List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
* Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
*Liberalism in Taiwan
*List of political parties in the People's Republic of China
*List of political parties in Hong Kong
*List of political parties in Macau

External links

* [http://www.moi.gov.tw/ Ministry of the Interior]