| ID | 171041 |
| Title Proper | City administrative level and municipal party secretaries’ promotion |
| Other Title Information | understanding the logic of shaping political elites in China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Yan, Yang ; Yuan, Chunhui |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This study focuses on the following important but often overlooked variable in studies investigating China’s cadre system: the city administrative level. Using a dataset covering Chinese municipal party secretaries from 2000 to 2017, this article finds that secretaries from sub-provincial cities are more likely to be promoted than those from prefecture-level cities. This result reveals that serving as a party secretary in sub-provincial cities may be a key step towards further promotion among those who become vice ministers at a young age. In addition, economic performance has a negligible effect on sub-provincial secretaries’ better promotion prospects, highlighting the existence of heterogeneity caused by the city administrative level in the promotion tournament. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 29, No.122, Mar 2020; p266-285 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Contemporary China Vol: 29 No 122 |
| Key Words | China ; Accountability ; Political Elites ; Leadership Politics |