The Fujian Provincial Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA) set up a branch in the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone in Fujian on March 23.

The branch in Pingtan will offer suggestions and ideas for Pingtan’s development by playing a consultative role in Chinese politics. Pingtan has been promoted as a national experimental and free trade zone, and is aiming to become an international tourist island, said Wu Zhiming, deputy chairman of CNDCA’s Fujian committee.

Background

CNDCA is one of the eight legally recognized political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. It was founded in Chongqing in 1945 by the Vocational Education Society, a former member organization of the China Democratic League.

Members are chiefly entrepreneurs from the manufacturing, financial, or commercial industries in private and state sectors.