Central Political Committee

Central Political Committee
中央政治委員會
Agency overview
Formed	March 30, 1940
Preceding agency	Central Political Committee of the Kuomintang
Dissolved	August 16, 1945
Superseding agency	Central Political Committee of the Kuomintang
Jurisdiction	Wang Jingwei's Nationalist Government
Headquarters	Nanjing

According to the "Organizational Regulations of the Central Political Committee", "the Central Political Committee is the highest guiding body for national politics". Compared with the original Central Political Committee of the Kuomintang, the Central Political Committee of the Wang Jingwei National Government was not an internal party organization. Its members were appointed by the chairman of the Central Political Committee from among the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee members, Central Supervisory Committee members, cadres of other legitimate political parties, and people with prestige in society. However, it still maintained a close relationship with the Kuomintang Central Committee. For example, the organizational regulations stipulated that the chairman of the Central Political Committee was concurrently the chairman of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee.^[1]^[2]

In January 1943, the Central Political Council resolved to establish the Supreme National Defense Council, whose powers during its recess were exercised by the Supreme National Defense Council.^[3]

The First session (March 24, 1940)

Chairman: Wang Jingwei
Committee members: Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, Wen Zongyao, Liang Hongzhi, Wang Yitang, and Wang Kemin.
Attending committee members: Chu Minyi, Zhu Luhe, Jiang Kanghu, Gu Zhongchen
Designated Committee Members: Zhou Fohai, Chu Minyi, Chen Bijun, Mei Siping, Chen Qun, Lin Bosheng, Liu Yufen, Ren Yuandao, Jiao Ying, Chen Junhui, Chen Yaozu, Ye Peng, Li Shengwu, Ding Mocun, Fu Shishuo, Yang Kuiyi, Bao Wenyue, Xiao Shuxuan, Li Shiqun
Appointed Committee Members: Qi Xieyuan, Zhu Shen, Yin Tong, Zhuo Tebazhabu, Gao Guanwu, Zhao Zhengping, Miao Bin, Zhao Yusong, Zhu Qinglai, Zhao Shuyong, Cen Deguang
Secretary-General: Zhou Fohai
Deputy Secretaries-General: Chen Chunpu, Luo Junqiang

The Second session (April 5, 1941)

Committee members: Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, Wen Zongyao, Liang Hongzhi, and Wang Yitang.
Appointed Committee Members: Wang Kemin, Qi Xieyuan, Zhu Shen, Yin Tong, Gao Guanwu, Zhao Zhengping, Miao Bin, Zhu Qinglai, Zhao Yusong, Zhao Zunyue, Cen Deguang
Designated Committee Members: Zhou Fohai, Chu Minyi, Chen Bijun, Mei Siping, Chen Qun, Lin Bosheng, Liu Yufen, Ren Yuandao, Jiao Ying, Chen Junhui, Chen Yaozu, Li Shengwu, Ye Peng, Ding Mocun, Fu Shishuo, Yang Kuiyi, Bao Wenyue, Xiao Shuxuan, Li Shiqun
Attending committee members: Zhu Lihe, Gu Zhongchen, Jiang Kanghu, Xu Liang
Secretary-General: Zhou Fohai
Deputy Secretaries-General: Chen Chunpu, Luo Junqiang

The Third Session (March 26, 1942)

Committee members: Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, Wen Zongyao, Liang Hongzhi, and Jiang Kanghu.
Appointed committee Members: Wang Yitang, Wang Kemin, Qi Xieyuan, Zhu Shen, Yin Tong, Gao Guanwu, Zhao Zhengping, Miao Bin, Zhu Qinglai, Zhao Yusong, Zhao Zunyue, Cen Deguang
Designated committee members: Zhou Fohai, Chu Minyi, Chen Bijun, Mei Siping, Chen Qun, Lin Bosheng, Liu Yufen, Ren Yuandao, Jiao Ying, Chen Junhui, Chen Yaozu, Li Shengwu, Ye Peng, Ding Mocun, Fu Shishuo, Yang Kuiyi, Bao Wenyue, Xiao Shuxuan, Li Shiqun
Attending committee members: Zhu Lihe, Gu Zhongchen, Xu Liang
Secretary-General: Zhou Fohai
Deputy Secretaries-General: Chen Chunpu, Luo Junqiang

The Fourth Session (April 1, 1943)

Committee members: Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, Wen Zongyao, Liang Hongzhi, and Jiang Kanghu.
Appointed Committee members: Wang Yitang, Wang Kemin, Zhu Shen, Wang Shijing, Zhao Zhengping, Zhu Qinglai, Zhao Yusong, Cen Deguang, Wang Yintai, Qi Xieyuan
Designated Committee members: Zhou Fohai, Chu Minyi, Chen Bijun, Mei Siping, Chen Qun, Lin Bosheng, Liu Yufen, Ren Yuandao, Jiao Ying, Chen Junhui, Chen Yaozu, Li Shengwu, Ye Peng, Ding Mocun, Fu Shishuo, Yang Kuiyi, Bao Wenyue, Xiao Shuxuan, Li Shiqun, Gao Guanwu, Miao Bin, Chen Chunpu, Luo Junqiang
Secretary-General: Zhou Fohai
Deputy Secretaries-General: Chen Chunpu, Luo Junqiang

The Fifth (March 29, 1944)

Committee members: Same as the fourth session
Attending committee members: Zhou Fohai, Zhu Qinglai, Zhu Lihe, Gu Zhongchen, Miao Bin
Secretaries-General: Zhou Fohai, Zhao Zunyue (appointed December 23, 1944), Ding Mocun (appointed January 11, 1945)
Deputy Secretary-General: Guo Xiufeng (appointed on January 11, 1945)

The Sixth (April 5, 1945)

Committee members: Same as the fifth session
Secretary-General: Ding Mocun, Cen Deguang (appointed June 7, 1945)
Deputy Secretaries-General: Guo Xiufeng and Peng Ximing (appointed on June 7, 1945)

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