Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A856-O241

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A856-O241

Release Date: December 20, 2014

发布日：2014年12月20日

Topic: Huang Ciping's Speech at the Second Special Congress of National Committee of Democratic Party of China

标题：黄慈萍在中国民主党全国委员会第二次特别大会上的讲话

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Huang Ciping's Speech at the Second Special Congress of National Committee of Democratic Party of China on December 13, 2014

Thank you for inviting me to New York to speak today at the opening of second special congress of National Committee of Democratic Party of China.

I am honored to be an honored guest for today's event, so I came all the way from DC to attend.

Thanks also for Wang Juntao's hospitality. We have known each other for more than 30 years, and I am glad that we are still sitting at the same table to discuss how to realize democracy in China. And I still remember that 20 years ago I drove far away to meet Juntao to push him to start a political opposition party, as I was always so convinced of the importance of this political opposition against the one party dictatorship of the Communist regime. We must have opposition party if we want to build a true democratic political system in China. So I am glad to see so many people here today, new or old friends.

Being overseas, it is important for us to continue working on two aspects. One is what we often do from the US Capital city of Washington DC: mobilize international communities and seek their support for Chinese democracy and human rights. The other is to do our share as Chinese to promote and support our compatriots inside of China for their fights for democracy and human rights. This second is something that all of us here could do.

Today, I see a lot of younger people here. I am quite touched. I know it is not easy to start your life here, to make a living, and meanwhile try to do something meaningful for democracy and freedom in China. What I want to emphasize here is that we must hold on to our ideals, and not stray away from them even when our lives change or our own living conditions improve. We should not forget where we came from and what our people back in China have. When one holds on to one's ideals and took actions for these ideals, of course there would be sacrifice - sacrifice of oneself for the others. I hope all the people here today have this spirit and would be hold this ideal forever.

There are questions of whether or not the Chinese democratic movement has made progress over these years. I want to make a short comment after reviewing our past thirty some years of effort and results, that the conclusion is a definite "yes". But of course it could be better. We must work together -- the more people joining forces, the better the results we will get. Now the international and domestic situation are harbingering the upcoming revolution in China, we must be mentally prepared to realize our democratic ideals through actions. Here I am emphasizing that not only must we hold on to our ideology of democracy, more so we need to carry it into our actions. Later, I am willing to discuss more with you on this matter.

Thank you all!

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A856-O241

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A856-O241

Release Date: December 20, 2014

发布日：2014年12月20日

Topic: Huang Ciping's Speech at the Second Special Congress of National Committee of Democratic Party of China

标题：黄慈萍在中国民主党全国委员会第二次特别大会上的讲话

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黄慈萍在中国民主党全国委员会第二次特别大会上的讲话（2014年12月13日）

谢谢你们邀请我从华盛顿到纽约，在今天中国民主党全国委员会第二次特别代表大会开幕时发言。

我很荣幸被邀为嘉宾参加今天的活动。

也感谢王军涛的热情好客。我们相识已有三十多年，我很高兴我们仍坐在同一张桌子上继续讨论如何在中国实现民主。我还记得二十多年前我开车远行，想推动军涛组织一个政治反对党，因为我始终坚信与共产党一党独裁政权抗衡就必须有政治反对党派的至关重要。要建立民主体制就必须有反对党。所以，我很高兴今天在这里见到这么多的人--新老朋友。

身在海外，我们必须坚持不懈地继续两个方面的非常重要的工作。一个就是我们始终在美国首都华盛顿所做的：动员国际社会，寻求他们对中国的民主和人权进步的支持。另外一个就是做我们身为中国人该做的：促进和支持我们在国内的中国同胞争取民主和人权。后者是我们在座的所有人都能做的。

今天，我看到很多年轻人在这里，颇有感触。我知道在这里开始新的生活，为了生存，同时又想试图做一些有意义的事来实现民主和自由的理想颇为不易。但我要在这里强调：我们必须坚持我们的理想，即使我们的生活改变，生活条件得到改善，也不背弃这个理想。我们不要忘记我们来自哪里，也不要忘记我们国内的人民。当一个人有理想又付诸于行动，那当然会有牺牲 - 为了别人而牺牲。我希望这里所有的人都能有这样的精神，永远高举这个理念。

刚刚有人质疑，这些年来中国的民主运动是否取得进展？回顾我们过去三十多年的努力和成果后，我要做一个简短的评论，结论就是一个明确的“是”。当然，结果可能会更好。只有我们共同努力，互相联手，效果才会更好。现在国际、国内形势都预示着中国的革命高潮的即将到来，我们更要有思想准备，将民主理念付诸于行动上。这里我想再次强调的是，我们不仅要坚持我们的民主思想，更要将它付诸于行动上。以后，我愿意与大家更多地讨论这个问题。

谢谢大家！