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Democratic Progressive Party 民主進步黨 | |
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| Abbreviation | DPP |
| Chairperson | Lai Ching-te |
| Secretary-General | Lin Yu-chang |
| Founded | 28 September 1986 |
| Preceded by | Tangwai |
| Headquarters | 10F-30, Beiping East Rd. Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan 10049[1] |
| Think tank | New Frontier Foundation |
| Membership (2023) |  238,664[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left[B] |
| National affiliation | Pan-Green Coalition |
| Regional affiliation | Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats[3] |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colors | Green |
| Legislative Yuan | 51 / 113 |
| Municipal mayors | 2 / 6 |
| Magistrates/mayors | 3 / 16 |
| Councilors | 277 / 910 |
| Township/city mayors | 40 / 204 |
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^ A: Taiwan independence is written in the DPP platform, but main DPP politicians support Huadu (ROC independence) position. ^ B: The DPP has been characterized as centrist[4] because it was historically the major big tent opposition party supporting democracy. It is also sometimes described as right-wing by pro-China media outlets owing to its anti-CCP stance.[5] | |
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The Democratic Progressive Party[I] (DPP)[II] is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC).[6][7][8] It is currently the major ruling party in Taiwan, controlling both the presidency and the central government, while also being the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political groups in Taiwan.
Founded in 1986 by Hsu Hsin-liang, Hsieh Tsung-min and Lin Shui-chuan,[9][10] a year prior to the end of martial law, the DPP is one of two major parties in Taiwan, the other being the Kuomintang (KMT), a Chinese nationalist party previously ruling the country as a one-party state, and its smaller allies in the Pan-Blue Coalition. It has traditionally been associated with a strong advocacy of human rights, emerging against the authoritarian White Terror that was initiated by the KMT, as well as the promotion of Taiwanese nationalism and identity. Lai Ching-te is the current chairperson of the DPP from 2023, who also serves as the incumbent President and is the third member of the DPP to hold the presidency; he succeeded fellow DPP member Tsai Ing-wen in May 2024.
The DPP is a longtime member of Liberal International and a founding member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats. It represented Taiwan in the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO). The DPP is widely classified as socially liberal having been founded as a party for human rights, including factions within the party supporting same-sex marriage and other LGBT rights. On foreign policy, the DPP is more willing to increase military expenditures to prevent military intimidation from the People's Republic of China (PRC) owing to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan. It favors closer ties with democratic nations such as Japan and the United States, as well as the nations of ASEAN as part of its New Southbound Policy.
In its policy on Cross-strait relations, the DPP as a ruling party chooses to keep the status quo of Taiwan, instead of approaching de jure independence, despite being a pro-independence group in its party platform. The party considers that Taiwan is already a sovereign country under the name "Republic of China" and is never subordinate to the PRC.[11] The DPP is frequently accused by the PRC government of being a primary force in Taiwan to "prevent the Chinese nation from achieving complete reunification" and "halt the process of national rejuvenation"[12] due to the party's outspoken advocacy of the Taiwanese nationalism, its supportive attitude to Taiwanese enjoying the right to decide their own future,[13][14] and its firm opposition to the notion of "One China", including the alleged "1992 Consensus" narratives by both the PRC and the KMT.
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清楚傳遞了民進黨就是一個右派政黨，更是一個沒有台獨信仰的政黨。
- "臺灣的偏左意識在哪裡？". 獨立評論 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 3 December 2014.
中華民國共和憲政一百多年，也由兩個右派政黨執政了一百多年。台灣民進黨右[...]
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- "日本記者本田善彥：民進黨種族主義表露無遺". China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 28 December 2018.
民進黨一旦執政，吸引文青的美好願景就變成噁心的偽善把戲與類法西斯的極右作風。
- "柯文哲的下一步". China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
台灣兩大政黨其實都比較偏向傳統右派政黨，偏重維護資本家利益重視經濟發展[...]
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