Jiu San Society’s 11th central committee holds 6th plenum

BEIJING—The 6th plenary session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Jiu San Society, one of China’s eight democratic parties, was held here Wednesday.
It was decided at the plenum to convene the ninth all-society congress at which the 12th central committee of the Jiu San Society will be selected. Han Qide, chairman of the Jiu San Society’s Central Committee, delivered a report by the society’s 11th Central Committee at the plenum.
The session heard and examined a work report by the standing committee of the society’s 11th Central Committee, discussed and approved a report by the 11th Central Committee of the society as well as a draft amendment to the Jiu San Society’s Constitution to be submitted to the upcoming 9th all-society congress. Concerning itself with China’s economic and social development, the Jiu San Society has been working for the promotion of science and education, solicit opinions from general public in the past year, Han said in his report.
At the end of 1944, a number of progressive scholars organized the Forum on Democracy and Science, to strive for victory in the Anti-Japanese War and political democracy, and to develop the anti-imperialist and patriotic spirit of the May 4 Movement of 1919.
In commemoration of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and in the world anti-Fascist war, on September 3, 1945, it adopted the name Jiu San Society (“Jiu San” means September 3 in Chinese). On May 4, 1946, the Jiu San Society was formally founded in Chongqing.
Its members are mainly senior and leading intellectuals in the fields of science and technology. The Jiu San Society currently has branches in 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, with more than 105,000 members.

—The Daily Mail, China Daily  news exchange item