http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/People-First-Party People First Party The People First Party (親民黨, Pinyin: Q?nmind?ng) is a political party in th e Republic of China on Taiwan. It was founded by James Soong and his supporter s after his failed independent bid for the presidency in 2000. Soong is curren tly the chairman and dominates much of its politics. Its title, Q?nmin, litera lly means "Close-to-People" and has Confucian connotations. The party maintains a close but tense relationship with the Kuomintang as part of the pan-blue coalition. After the expulsion of Lee Teng- hui in 2001, the Kuomintang began espousing policies more closely associated w ith Chinese reunification and thus the KMT and the PFP are competing for the s ame set of voters. However, the electoral dynamics of Taiwan are such so that if both parties run strong campaigns, the vote is split and the pan-green coal ition wins. This dynamic in which both the KMT and PFP must simulataneously co mpete and cooperate with each other has led to complex and interesting politic s. In several notable cases, this has led to situations in which both parties hav e run candidates, but close to the election the party with the less popular ca ndidate unofficially drops out of the race. This in turn has led to some notab le situations when either the PFP or the KMT is campaigning against its own ca ndidate, which has led to intra-party resentment. To avoid a repeat of this effect, which led to the election of Democratic Prog ressive Party candidate Chen Shui-bian to the presidency, Chairman Soong is ru nning vice-president on KMT Chairman Lien Chan's presidential ticket in the RO C presidential election, 2004. There are five departments in the headquarters: Policy Research Center (政策研究中心 Zhengce Yanjiu Zh?ngx?n), Organizational Department (組織部 Z?zh? Bu), Public Relation Department (文宣部 Wenxu?n Bu), Executive Department (行政部 Xingzheng Bu), and Treasury Department (財務部 Caiwu Bu) See also: Politics of Taiwan External link People First Party official web site zh-cn:?民党 Related Stats Taiwan: Government Taiwan: Democracy Democracy - Presidential elections - Total vote -- 『政治人物都是追求自己的利益的， 能在追求自己利益的同時爭取國家利益，已是第一流的政治家』 陳茂雄（http://home.kimo.com.tw/snews1.tw/CHEN/Chen_newpage/chen.htm） --

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