 The group renamed itself in Chinese as the "Empire Constitutionalist Association" (帝國憲政會) (the English name was not changed), often referred to as the Constitutionalist Party (憲政黨), and was allowed to operate in China.They helped the Qing court set up provincial assemblies and a National Assembly in 1910.They were, however, deeply disappointed that the assemblies existed to give advice only.