the congress party alliance (cpa; ) is a political party in the republic of china. the party was established on 18 october 2018 during its inaugural meeting in taipei city. the central party department is located in the zhongzheng district of taipei city. the cpa elected wujue miaotian as the first party chairman at the first national party congress, and the party was approved by the ministry of the interior on 29 november of the same year. the minkuotang merged into the cpa on 25 january 2019, becoming the first instance of a political party merger in the history of the republic of china.