Abstract
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controls its regional leaders by controlling their career movements and political mobility. It is difficult to explain why some regional leaders got promoted but some were dismissed, for they all had similar backgrounds. With empirical analysis, this study shows that in post-Deng Xiaoping Chinese politics (1997–2010), the CCP has its preferences in reshuffling China’s regional governments: higher-ranked regional leaders receive more protection; lower-ranked leaders of underdeveloped regions have a greater possibility of being downgraded and removed. Furthermore, corruption, violations and mishandlings of accidents are very frequent accusations utilized by the center to take down regional leaders.
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