China National Democratic Construction Association

National Democratic Construction Association was founded in Chongqing on 16 December 1945 by the Vocational Education Society, a former member of the China Democratic League. In July 1952, it was renamed to the China National Democratic Construction Association.

Its vice chairperson Rong Yiren served as the vice president of China from 1993 to 1998.^{[citation needed]}

According to its constitution, the CNDCA is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP. It is the third-ranking minor democratic party in the People's Republic of China. The chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce has usually been a member of the CNDCA.

The highest body of the CNDCA officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 12th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held Party Congress. The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the CNDCA. As of June 2024^[update], has organizations in 30 province-level administrative divisions throughout China. It publishes the newspapers Economic Affairs (经济界) and People's Information (民讯).

Members of the party are chiefly entrepreneurs from the building, manufacturing, construction, financial, or commercial industries in both private and state sectors, and others in the field of economics. As of June 2024^[update], the party has around 237,526 members, of whom 182,786 are from the economic sector, representing 77% of the total membership, 153,344 were from the business sector, representing 64.6% of the total membership, and 52,662 were from the private economy, representing 22.2% of the total membership.

• Mo Menchuan