Nationalist Party of China

Kuomintang Chinese: 中國國民黨; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng
Abbreviation	KMT
Chairman	Johnny Chiang Chi-chen
Secretary-General	Lee Chien-lung [zh]
Founded	10 October 1919; 105 years ago (1919-10-10)
Preceded by	Revive China Society (1894) Tongmenghui (1905) Nationalist Party (1912) Chinese Revolutionary Party (1914)
Headquarters	232–234 Sec 2 Bade Rd, Zhongshan District, Taipei, ROC 10492[1]
Newspaper	Central Daily News Kuomintang News Network
Think tank	National Policy Foundation
Youth wing	Kuomintang Youth League
Education Wing	Institute of Revolutionary Practice
Armed wing	National Revolutionary Army (1925–1947) Taiwan Garrison Command (1958–1992)
Membership (2020)	345,971[2]
Ideology	Three Principles of the People[3][4][5] Conservatism[6] Chinese nationalism[7][8]
Political position	Centre-right[9][10][11] to right-wing[12][13]
National affiliation	Pan-Blue Coalition
Regional affiliation	Asia Pacific Democrat Union
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International International Democrat Union
Colours	Blue
Anthem	Sān Mín Zhǔyì
Legislative Yuan	52 / 113
Municipal mayors	3 / 6
Magistrates/mayors	12 / 16
Councillors	394 / 912
Township/city mayors	83 / 204
Party flag
Website
www.kmt.org.tw

Kuomintang
"Kuomintang (Guómíndǎng)" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中國國民黨
Simplified Chinese	中国国民党
Literal meaning	"Nationals’ Party of China"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄤˇ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jong'gwo Gwomin Daang Wade–Giles Chung¹-kuo² Kuo²-min² Tang³ IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋkwǒ kwǒmǐn tàŋ] other Mandarin Xiao'erjing ﺟْﻮ ﻗُﻮَع ﻗُﻮَع مٍ دْا Dungan Җунгуй Гуймин Дон Wu Romanization tson平 koh入 koh入 min平 taon上 Hakka Romanization dung24 gued2 gued2 min11 dong31 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jūnggwok Gwokmàhn Dóng IPA [tsóŋkʷɔ̄ːk̚ kʷɔ̄ːk̚mɐ̏n tɔ̌ːŋ] Jyutping zung1gwok3 gwok3man4 dong2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-kok Kok-bîn-tóng
Abbreviated to
Traditional Chinese	國民黨
Simplified Chinese	国民党
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guómíndǎng Bopomofo ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄤˇ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Gwomin Daang Wade–Giles Kuo²-min² Tang³ IPA [kwǒmǐn tàŋ] Wu Romanization koh入min平taon上 Hakka Romanization gued2min11dong31 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gwokmàhn Dóng IPA [kʷɔ̄ːk̚mɐ̏n tɔ̌ːŋ] Jyutping gwok3man4 dong2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Kok-bîn-tóng
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཀྲུང་གོའི་གོ་མིན་ཏང
Transcriptions Wylie krung go'i go min tang
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Cunghgoz Gozminzdangj
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Дундадын (Хятадын) Гоминдан (Хувьсгалт Нам)
Mongolian script	ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ (ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ) ᠭᠣᠮᠢᠨᠳᠠᠩ (ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠰᠬᠠᠯᠲᠤ ᠨᠠᠮ)
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Dumdadyn(Khyatadyn) Gomindan(khuvisgalt Nam)
Uyghur name
Uyghur	جۇڭگو گومىنداڭ
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Junggo Gomindang Yengi Yeziⱪ Junggo Gomindang Siril Yëziqi Җуңго Гоминдaнг
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠵᡠᠩᡬᠣ ᡳ ᡬᠣᠮᡳᠨᡩᠠᠩ
Romanization	Jungg'o-i G'omindang

The Nationalist Party of China (Chinese: 中國國民黨) is main political party of Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1912. The Nationalist Party was founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 after the foundation of the Republic of China, but during the warlord era, the party turned yourself into an revolutionary and socialist party, starting an revolution in southern provinces of China in 1917. The Natinalist Party also created an army in 1925 and created along the communist party a new chinese government in 1927 after the fall of the Beiyang government, in Beijing.

• In Mainland China, the Nationalist Party ruled the government until 1949 when the communists captured the mainland and the nationalist party moved to Taiwan.

• In Taiwan, the party ruled the government from 1950 until the general elections of 2016 with the progressive party's victory.

The Nationalist Party's ideologies are nationalism, revolutionary socialism, Welfare state, Anti-capitalism and Social conservatism.^[14]

1. ↑ "Kuomintang Official Website". Kuomintang. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
2. ↑ "江啟臣壓倒性勝出 成最年輕國民黨主席 - 中央社CNA". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
3. ↑ 政策綱領. Kmt.org.tw. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
4. ↑ The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Three Principles of the People". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
5. ↑ Mary C. Wright (1955). From Revolution to Restoration: The Transformation of Kuomintang Ideology. Association for Asian Studies. pp. 515–532.
6. ↑ "Taiwan's 'born independent' millennials are becoming Xi Jinping's lost generation". The Washington Post. 26 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
7. ↑ Jonathan Fenby (2005). Chiang Kai Shek: China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost. Carroll & Graf Publishers. p. 504. ISBN 978-0-7867-1484-1. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
8. ↑ Hans Kohn, Nationalism: Its Meaning and History (1955) p. 87.
9. ↑ "New face for KMT in Taiwan". The Australian. The problems for the centre-right KMT in retaining the presidency over the centre-left DPP…
10. ↑ Qi, Dongtao (11 November 2013). "Globalization, Social Justice Issues, Political and Economic Nationalism in Taiwan: An Explanation of the Limited Resurgence of the DPP during 2008–2012". The China Quarterly. 216: 1018–1044. doi:10.1017/S0305741013001124. S2CID 154336295. Furthermore, the studies also suggest that the DPP, as a centre-left party opposed to the centre-right KMT, has been the leading force in addressing Taiwan's various social justice issues.
11. ↑ Shim, Jaemin (2018). "Mind the Gap! Comparing Gender Politics in Japan and Taiwan". GIGA Focus|Asia (5). German Institute of Global and Area Studies. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
12. ↑ Rigger, Shelley (2016). "Kuomintang Agonistes: Party Politics in the Wake of Taiwan's 2016 Elections". Orbis. 60 (4): 408–503. doi:10.1016/j.orbis.2016.08.005. Retrieved May 27, 2020. Instead of reshaping its priorities to fit the expectations of a changing society, the KMT (at least for the moment) seems to be doubling down on its self-marginalizing approach. The new party chair is Hung Hsiu-chu, the erstwhile presidential candidate whose far-right views made it necessary to replace her.
13. ↑ "Taiwan Lawmakers Push 'Marriage Equality' Bill". Inter Press Service. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020. The current push follows two previous efforts by DPP lawmakers in 2003 and 2006 to introduce same-sex marriage bills that were blocked from the legislative agenda by the right-wing Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) majority.
14. ↑ Dirlik, Arif (2005). Marxism in the Chinese Revolution. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-3069-0.