The 17th National Congress of the Chinese Democratic League was held in New York, USA. Zhong Jinjiang was re-elected as Chairman of the Chinese Democratic League.

 

	Chairman Zhong Jinjiang spoke at the conference		conference venue
	Former Chairman Xue Wei made a speech		Former Chairman Yu Dahai and Hu Ping
	Some participants		Some participants

　　The 17th Congress of the China Democratic Solidarity Alliance was held in Flushing, New York, USA on October 10, 2017. The conference reviewed the activities of the Chinese Democratic League in the past two years and elected a new headquarters committee with Zhong Jinjiang re-elected as chairman.

　　The conference did not propose any amendments to the “Charter of China Democratic Unity Alliance” adopted by the 14th National Congress in 2011.

　　Members of the Democratic League from all over the world, including several former Democratic League chairmen Hu Ping, Yu Dahai and Xue Wei, attended the congress. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Wang Juntao and Democratic National Federation General Vice Chairman Tang Yuanjun made speeches to express their congratulations. During the meeting, they also received a congratulatory letter from Liao Tianqi, president of the Independent Chinese PEN Association. The meeting elected a Headquarters Committee consisting of twenty-one persons. According to the charter, the thirteen headquarters members present at the meeting elected Zhong Jinjiang to be re-elected as chairman of the China Democratic League, and approved Zhong Jinjiang’s nomination of vice chairman and director general. Zhong Jinjiang also appointed a new secretary-general.

　　The list of the 17th Headquarters Committee of the China Democratic United Alliance is as follows (in order of spelling of names):
　　
　　Zhong Jinjiang Chairman
　　Chen Weijian Vice Chairman
　　Qin Xinmin Vice Chairman
　　Lu Jinghua Vice Chairman
　　Wang Jinzhong Vice Chairman
　　Han Wu Director General
　　Feng Haiguang Secretary-General
　　Chen Liqun
　　Chen Weiming
　　Gao Jian
　　Jin Xiuhong
　　Kong Tianle
　　Lin Guang
　　Liu Tai
　　May William
　　Ning Xianhua
　　Shi Yuge
　　Xue Wei
　　Yang Maosen
　　Yang Wei
　　Zhang Jing