For Public Good Party (Chinese: 中華民族致公黨; pinyin: zhōnghuá mínzú zhìgōngdǎng; lit. 'Chinese Nation Public Interest Party'), or For All Mankind Equality Party, is a Chinese nationalist right-wing political party in Taiwan (Republic of China). Advocating Chinese unification, the party was elected to local council and as township mayors.

For Public Good Party
中華民族致公黨
ChairpersonChen Po-kuang
Founded18 December 2000 (2000-12-18)
Registered21 April 2002 (2002-04-21)
Headquarters21 Chang'an East Road Section 1, Taipei
IdeologyChinese nationalism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Chinese unification
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
Legislative Yuan
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Municipal mayors
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Magistrates/mayors
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Councilors
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Township/city mayors
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Website
www.facebook.com/fpg.org.tw/

History

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For Public Good Party and other parties, including China Zhi Gong Party which was part of the ruling United Front in China, originated from "Chee Kung Tong", an organisation under Hongmen.[1] The party was founded on 18 December 2000 and was registered on 21 April 2002,[2] with Wang Jui-sheng as founding chairperson. The Chinese name of the party originally carried "Chinese Taiwan", and was only amended to "Chinese nation" in 2017,[3] two years after Chen Po-kuang take over.

"For Public Good", "For All Mankind Equality", "Zhi Gong", and "Chee Kung" all refer to the Chinese word "致公", with the latter two are the transliteration. "致公" is believed to be from "和欲事,義同謀。", meaning "committed to golden mean for justice".

The party supports the unification of Taiwan and China, and is relatively active in the interaction with Chinese political parties.

In December 2023, the former deputy chairman of the party and others were arrested on suspicion on contravening the Anti-Infiltration Act for receiving money from China to fabricate political opinion polling.[4]

Leaders

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Below is the list of chairpersons of For Public Good Party:

  1. Wang Jui-sheng (王瑞陞) (2000–2015)
  2. Chen Po-kuang (陳柏光) (2015–)

Electoral performances

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The party first ran in 2018 local election, winning in Taoyuan and Kinmen.[5]

Election Magistrates and mayors Councillors Township/city mayors Township/city council representatives Village chiefs Party leader
2018
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1 / 912
1 / 204
2 / 2,148
1 / 7,744
Chen Po-kuang

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "中華民族致公黨黨章". party.moi.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  2. ^ "政黨資訊網". party.moi.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. ^ "中國台灣致公黨舉行黨慶 正式更名"中華民族致公黨"". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. ^ "Man held for allegedly faking election surveys". Taipei Times. December 24, 2023. Archived from the original on December 24, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "中华民族致公党喜迎当选席次 – 中国侨声网" (in Chinese (China)). 2018-11-15. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
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