CCP

Amongst the major political parties in China, one of the names that often come up is the CCP. CCP full form stands for Chinese Communist Party. It is also known as Chinese (Pinyin) Zhongguo GongchanDang and Chung-Kuo Kung-ch’an Tang. It is the main political party in China. 

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The creation of the People’s Republic of China in the year 1949, CCP has been in full control of the government in the country. Students can learn more about which type of party system is there in China from this article. 

History of China Ruling Party

The CCP or the Chinese Community party was created to play the role of a revolutionary movement as well as a political party in the year 1921. Revolutionaries named Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao were some of the minds behind the formation of this political party in China. These men along with others had just come out from the May Fourth Movement which was formed in the year 1919. These people actually turned their ways to follow Marxism right after having a victory for Bolsheviks in the 1917 Russian Revolution. During the troublesome times of 1920, there were many members in China such as Liu Shaoqi, Mao Zedong, Li Lisan, and many others who were responsible for organizing certain labour unions in the country. In the year 1924, CCP made efforts to join the Nationalist Party. 

The alliance actually proved to be very beneficial for both parties in the beginning. But then, after the year 1927, the Nationalists actually turned against all the communists. This happened when the nationalists were under the leadership of Chiang Kai-Shek. As a result, the people from the Chinese party were ousted from Shanghai and forced to go underground for their protection. 

Chinese Communist Revolution the Next Stage 

Most of the CCP cadres like Mao went ahead and abandoned the revolutionary activities that they were doing under the proletariat of China. These people moved to the side of the country. There, they gathered the support of the peasants. In the year 1931, the revolutionaries managed to set up the Chinese Soviet Republic along the regions of southern China. The population of this republic was about 10 million at that time. However, that entity was destroyed as well by the Nationalists’ military campaigns. During that time, Mao along with some other remnants escaped to Yan’an situated in the Northern regions of China. This was during the period of the Long March between the year 1934 and 1935 which led to the formation of one of the biggest political parties in China. It was during this period that Mao managed to get the leadership of the CCP. He would go ahead and hold on to that position till the year 1976. Some of the other supporters of Mao were Zhu De and Zhou Enlai. 

In the year 1936, Chiang Kai-Shek called off the military campaigns that he had against CCP China. Instead, they managed to enter into a particular United Front with the party since the aggression from the Japanese military was also increasing in China. When the nationalist forces were watching out, CCP tremendously expanded its strength after fighting the forces and invaders of Japan. In the year 1945, the war ended and the party had control over about 100 million people in total. 

CCP Structure: What Is the Structure of the Political Party in China? 

The entire CCP structure consists of about 85 million members in total. Hence, CCP is considered to be one of the largest parties of politics in the world. The main characteristic of CCP is that it is a monopolistic and monolithic party. It dominates all the political sections in China. The CCP is responsible for making all the policies in China. It also oversees the provincial, central as well as local organs included in the government. 

According to the structure of CCP, once every 5 years, the National Party of Congress that has about 2000 delegates will meet in a session in order to elect the Central Committee. The committee consists of about 200 members in total. These members will meet annually and are also responsible to elect the Political Bureau. This bureau consists of 20 to 25 full members. Now the bureau is the one that controls all the activities in CCP. The CCP's full form is the Chinese Communist Party.