Abstract
Many China specialists, noting that a group of young and well-educated cadres came to the fore at the expense of China's aging political elite in the 1980s, argue that there has been a leadership transition in post-Mao China and that this represents the emergence of technocracy. However, as Cheng Li and David Bachman point out, this leadership transition has not been adequately examined. For instance, while there are studies of China's elites at the central and the city government level, there is so far no study of the provincial elite.' The missing link between the study of the national elite and the study of the subprovincial elite raises many questions about the post-Mao leadership transition. Was there a leadership transition at the provincial level in the 1980s? If so, can it be interpreted as the emergence of technocracy? What are the main criteria for advancement to provincial office in post-Mao China? How will postMao provincial leadership transition affect the way Chinese politics operate?2
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