Democratic centralism (Kuomintang)

Democratic centralism (Chinese: 民主集權制; pinyin: mínzhǔ jíquánzhì; Wade–Giles: min2chu3 chi2chʻüan2chih4; lit. 'democratic collect-authority system') is a main principle of Leninist vanguard parties, but it was also closely related to the party organization and rule of the Chinese nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) in the Republic of China.