Monograph of a leading researcher at the Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences, candidate of historical sciences, GA. Stepanova is devoted to the study of the mechanism of cooperation between the Chinese Communist Party and eight other parties called democratic. The chronological framework covers half of this century - from the 40s preceding the formation of the PRC to 1998. The paper presents various periods of interaction between the CCP and the democratic parties - from its formation through a period of destructive campaigns and persecution against these organizations to the restoration and expansion of their activities in recent years.