| ID | 153567 |
| Title Proper | Navigating unknown waters |
| Other Title Information | the Chinese Communist Party’s new presence in the private sector |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Yan, Xiaojun |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the wake of the global economic crisis of 2008, the Chinese state has
enhanced its systematic eff orts to rebuild Communist Party branches in
private enterprises. Th is article examines such eff orts with specifi c reference
to the campaign initiated in 2012 in Anhui province, one of the
most recent initiatives undertaken by the party-state to infi ltrate the
country’s huge and still-growing private sector. Th e article examines the
emerging and dynamic institutional links between provincial party-state
apparatus and local private businesses in Anhui and highlights the four
key methods used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to extend
its control over the increasingly powerful and infl uential private sector.
Th ese mechanisms are establishing new offi cial institutions to coordinate
CCP aff airs related to the private sector, “sending down” a group
of “party-building instructors,” rewarding private business elites with
appointments to party positions, and reorienting the work of local party
organs to better serve the needs of the private sector. Although this
business-oriented party building has indeed made the CCP more
relevant to private business development and thus increased its organizational
presence, it remains unclear whether these eff orts have genuinely
strengthened the Communist Party’s control of the private sector. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Review Vol. 17, No.2; Jun 2017: p.37–63 |
| Journal Source | China Review 2017-08 17, 2 |
| Key Words | Chinese Communist Party ; Private Sector ; Global Economic Crisis - 2008 ; Navigating Unknown Waters ; Private Businesses |