The CCP, the State and the Cadres in China

Abstract

This paper, on the basis of documentary analysis, examines the CCP's monopoly of cadre management. The basic question to be answered is what the relationships among the Party, the state and the cadres are through an analysis of how the Party manages the cadres. Constitutionally, both the legislature (the people's congress in Chinese lexicon) and the government have extensive authority in cadre management. In reality, there is no state autonomy in personnel, and the state exercises its cadre management functions and duties through the party branches dispatched by the CCP committees. This study shows that the cadre management system is still highly centralized, a heritage with which all the reformists have to deal. This is the background to understand the evolution of the system reforms both at present and in the future. This paper is descriptive, but creatively descriptive in that it depicts a picture of how the Party manages its cadres.