Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	台湾民主自治同盟
Traditional Chinese	臺灣民主自治同盟
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān Mínzhǔ Zìzhì Tóngméng
Abbreviation
Simplified Chinese	台盟
Traditional Chinese	臺盟
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiméng
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཐའེ་ཝན་དམངས་གཙོ་རང་སྐྱོང་མནའ་མཐུན་
Wylie
Transcriptions
Wylie	tha'e wan dmangs gtso rang skyong mna' mthun
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Daizvanh Minzcuj Swci Dungzmungz
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Дайвааны ардчилсан өөртөө засах холбоо
Mongolian script	ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠸᠠᠨ ᠤ ; ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ; ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ; ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	تەيۋەن دېموكراتىك ئاپتونوم ئىتتىپاقى‎
Latin Yëziqi
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	teywen démokratik aptonom ittipaqi
Yengi Yeziⱪ	teywen démokratik aptonom ittipaqi
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡨᠠᡳᠮᡝᠩ
Romanization	Taimeng

Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

台湾民主自治同盟
*Táiwān Mínzhǔ Zìzhì Tóngméng*
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League 台湾民主自治同盟; Táiwān Mínzhǔ Zìzhì Tóngméng
Abbreviation	TDSL
Chairperson	Su Hui
Vice Chairpersons	Wu Guohua, Zheng Jianmin, Jiang Liping, Kong Lingzhi, Fu Zhiguan
Founders	Xie Xuehong, Yang Kehuang, Su Xin, etc.
Founded	12 November 1947
Preceded by	Taiwanese Communist Party
Headquarters	14 Zuojiazhuang W Street; Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Newspaper	Taimeng (The TDSL); Xin Taiwan Congkan (New Taiwan Series; only in Hong Kong, before 1949)
Membership (2022)	3,400
Ideology	Socialism with Chinese characteristics; Chinese unification; Anti-Taiwanese independence; Before 1958:; Taiwanese nationalism; Anti-imperialism;
National People's Congress (14th)	14 / 2,977
NPC Standing Committee	4 / 175
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	20 / 544 (Seats for political parties)
Website
	www.taimeng.org.cn
	Politics of China; Political parties; Elections;

The Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (TDSL), also known by its Chinese abbreviation Taimeng (simplified Chinese: 台盟; traditional Chinese: 臺盟), is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.

With 14 seats in the National People's Congress and 4 seats in the NPC Standing Committee, the TDSL is the smallest legally recognized minor political party in the People's Republic of China. TDSL supports Chinese unification.^[7] The party does not participate in the political system of Taiwan.

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^ "TDSL prepares 27 proposals to share at upcoming two sessions". China Daily. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024. The party recently said at a briefing that its proposals this year highlight the shared historical roots and origins of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, aiming at promoting Taiwan compatriots to oppose "Taiwan independence" and advocate for reunification.
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