The Communist Party of the Republic of China is a political party

Political party

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 in the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan

Taiwan

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). It was officially registered on March 31, 2009 by the Ministry of the Interior

Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China)

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, making it the 147th registered political party in the country and the second legally recognized communist

Communism

Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...

 party in Taiwan after the Taiwan Communist Party

Taiwan Communist Party

The Taiwan Communist Party is a political party of the Republic of China established legally on July 20, 2008 at Xinhua, Tainan County...

 .

The party's inaugural meeting was held at the Chung-Shan Building

Chung-Shan Building

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 in the Yangmingshan National Park on October 2008 and is led by Lu Yubao as the party's chairman and Chen Tien-fu as the Secretary General. The party supports the platform of the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 and the Chinese reunification

Chinese reunification

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. The party adopts the flag of the People's Republic of China

Flag of the People's Republic of China

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 as its symbol.

Trivia

The Secretary General of the party, Chen Tien-fu, is also a cousin of Chen Shui-bian

Chen Shui-bian

Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...

, the former president of the ROC.