Multi-party Cooperation and the Political Consultative System

Apart from the Communist Party of China (CPC), there are eight democratic parties in China. Multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC is the basic political system in China.

The multi-party cooperation system in China differs from the single-party system practiced in some socialist countries and also fundamentally varies from the multi-party or two-party system in some capitalist countries.

China's democratic parties are members of the patriotic united front under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). They are components of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC). They maintain ties with, and are political alliances of, socialist workers and patriots who support socialism.