The Political Consultative Conference (PCC) was a conference held on 10–31 January 1946 in the Republic of China between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to create a coalition government. The PCC was convened as part of the Double Tenth Agreement between the KMT and the CCP. The conference ultimately ended in failure.
Background On 10 October 1945, the KMT and the CCP signed the Double Tenth Agreement in Chongqing, then ancillary capital of Nationalist government. One of the conditions agreed was the creation of a political consultative conference, participated by political party and non-party representatives. Afterwards, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin advised both parties to hold a consultative conference to manage their differences.
Meeting Due to pressure from the United States, CCP and other actors, Chiang Kai-shek eventually relented and agreed to hold a political consultative conference. The PCC was tasked with creating a new constitution and a democratic government.
The PCC was held in Chongqing during 10–31 January 1946, which received both local and nationwide attention. The CCP organized many support meetings for these conference across the country, which were routinely disrupted by the secret police of the Nationalist government attempting to encourage anti-CCP sentiments. The Conference, lasted until 31 January, adopted 12 resolutions including reforming government, amending draft constitution, and convening National Constituent Assembly. A committee on organizing draft constitution was also formed.
Membership +PartyOfficeholderOffice KMTSun FoLeglslative Yuan PresidentWu TiechengSecretary-General of the Central Party Committee of the KuomintangDeputy Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for National DefenseChen LifuHead of Party OrganizationChang Li-shengMinister of the InteriorWang ShijieMinister of Foreign AffairsShao LiziSecretary-General of the National Political Participation AssociationZhang QunGovernor of Sichuan CCPZhou EnlaiVice Chairman of the CCP, head of the CCP delegationDong BiwuMinister of Foreign AffairsYe JianyingChief of Staff of the Eight Route ArmyWu YuzhangRepresentative of the National Political Participation AssociationWang RuofeiRepresentative of the Central Committee in ChongqingLu DingyiHead of the Publicity DepartmentDeng YingchaoHead of the Women's Department CDLZhang LanRepresentative of the National Political Participation Association and the CDL ChairmanLuo LongjiProfessor of the National Southwestern Associated University and the CDL Publicity Department HeadCarsun ChangRepresentative of the China National Socialist PartyZhang BojunChairman of the Third PartyZhang DongsunRepresentative of the China National Socialist PartyShen JunruRepresentative of the Chinese People's National Salvation AssociationHuang YanpeiRepresentative of the National Association of Vocational Education of ChinaLiang ShumingRepresentative of the Rural Reconstruction MovementZhang ShenfuProfessor of the Tsinghua University YCPZeng QiChairman of the YCPChen QitianRepresentative of the National Political Suffrage AssociationYang YongjunResponsible person in South ChinaYu JiajuPolitical member of the university professorsChang NaidePolitical member of the university professors IndependentMo Teh-huiPolitical memberShao CongxuPolitical memberWang Yun-wuPolitical member, director of The Commercial PressFu Ssu-nienPolitical member, university professorHu ZhengzhiPolitical member, director of Ta Kung PaoGuo MoruoPolitical writerQian YongmingPolitical member, chairman of the Bank of CommunicationsMiao YuntaiRepresentative of the southwest national capitalistsLi ZhuchenRepresentative of the north China industrial capitalistsSource:
Collapse of the talks On 10 February 1946, riots broke out in Jiaochangkou at the center of Chongqing. The incident led to the collapse of the relations between CCP and KMT, and the continuation of the Chinese Civil War.
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