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Getting Ahead in the Communist Party: Explaining the Advancement of Central Committee Members in China

Victor Shih; Christopher Adolph; Mingxing Liu · American Political Science Review 106(1), 166–187 · 2012

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Type: Article
Author: Victor Shih; Christopher Adolph; Mingxing Liu
Identifier: DOI 10.1017/S0003055411000566
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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DisputedWhether China's cadre system rewards performance is disputed: Li and Zhou (2005) find that provincial leaders' promotion chances rose with economic growth, whereas Shih, Adolph and Liu (2012) find no evidence that growth was rewarded with higher Central Committee rank and point to factional ties, education and revenue collection.DisputedProvincial leaders in reform-era China were more likely to be promoted, and less likely to be dismissed, when their provinces' economies grew faster.DisputedChina's rapid growth after 1978 was caused by its one-party authoritarian system.