For Public Good Party (), or For All Mankind Equality Party, is a

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political party in

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(Republic of China). Advocating

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, the party was elected to local council and as township mayors.

History

For Public Good Party and other parties, including

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which was part of the ruling

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in China, originated from "

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", an organisation under

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. The party was founded on 18 December 2000 and was registered on 21 April 2002, with Wang Jui-sheng as founding chairperson. The Chinese name of the party originally carried "

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" (), and was only amended to "

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" in 2017, two years after Chen Po-kuang take over. "For Public Good", "For All Mankind Equality", "Zhi Gong", and "Chee Kung" all refer to the Chinese word "", with the latter two being transliterations. "" is believed to be from "", meaning "committed to golden mean for

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". The party supports the unification of Taiwan and China, and is relatively active in the interaction with Chinese political parties. In December 2023, the former deputy chairman of the party and others were arrested on suspicion on contravening the

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for receiving money from China to fabricate political opinion polling.

Leaders

Below is the list of chairpersons of For Public Good Party: # Wang Jui-sheng (王瑞陞) (2000–2015) # Chen Po-kuang (陳柏光) (2015–)

Electoral performances

The party first ran in 2018 local election, winning in Taoyuan and

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History

Leaders

Electoral performances

See also

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