Kuomintang/Chinese Nationalist Party, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

The Kuomintang (also known as Chinese Nationalist Party, KMT) is a political party created by Dr. Sun Yet-Sen in 1894. The vision of the KMT is to establish the Republic of China (ROC) as a free, democratic, and dignified country with prosperity for all. The Party’s precarious history is the very testament to realize its vision under the Sun's "Three Principles of the People"​: Nationalism, Democracy, and Livelihood of all ROC citizens.Over the 100 years since it was founded, the KMT has maintained an unwavering, unitary objective, formed at the outset of the Revolution: to establish the Republic of China according to the Three Principles of the People. These Principles consisted of the founding belief that guides the formation of the New China. Since this pivotal moment in history, many KMT compatriots have given their blood, sweat, and tears, many losing their lives, in the struggle to actualize this ideal -- especially led China to win the War of Resistance against the Japanese invasion during the World War II, and make Taiwan return to the ROC after it had been taken from China and colonized by Japanese Empire from 1895.Since the relocation of the ROC government to Taiwan in 1949 (defeated by the Chinese Communist Party in the Second Chinese Civil War and lost all the territory in mainland China), successive Party leaders have implemented these Principles mention above, resulting in successful land reforms and economic development, strengthening culture and fostering education, furthering science and technology, carrying out constitutional reforms, promoting democracy, and improving cross-strait relations (also known as Relations between mainland China and Taiwan). All this has given rise to the miraculous “Taiwan Experience,” renowned and admired over the world.In the future, KMT will continually promote the Chinese culture, more interaction and dialogue between Taiwan and mainland China (including to maintain the peace among the region), in order to create a freedom, democratic, equalize wealth, and unified China.