Political Recruitment Membership of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Political Recruitment Membership of the Chinese Communist Party

Political recruitment The process by which citizens are selected for involvement in politics Party system is the most important mechanism of political recruitment

2 levels of recruitments Recruitment of power elite –Party and government cadres Recruitment at the grassroots –CCP membership

Recruitment of cadres Rehabilitation of millions of cadres after Cultural Revolution The Party’s new agenda of economic construction Retirement of these cadres Recruitment of younger and better educated cadres

Reforms

The technocrats Higher education in engineering Disillusion with Maoist excesses Little commitment to ideology Pragmatic problem-solvers Not interested in Western values

Recruitment at grassroots Historical periodParty recruit Peasants, workers, & revolutionary youths Workers, peasants, & liberated youths 1966 – 1978Workers, students, & rebellious youths Professionals & educated youths

Political screening PeriodsClass origin Political attitude Political participation Clientelism √√ √√ √√ √√√

Class labels in Maoist years In countryside: –Landlords –Rich peasants –Middle peasants –Poor peasants –Farm hands

Role of education Historical periodRole of educational credentials in recruitment Irrelevant Becoming positive Becoming negative Becoming important

Party membership

At the end of 2012, the Chinese Communist Party has 85,127,000 card-carrying members

Party members 2005 and 2012 Total70,800,000 (100%) 85,127,000 (100%) 35 or younger15,900,000 (22%) 21,801,000 (26%) Women13,600,000 (19%) 20,269,000 (24%) 3-year college education or above 19,328,000 (27%) 34,081,000 (40%) Minority nationalities4,516,000 (6%) 5,802,000 (7%)

Composition of Members 2003

Composition of Members 2004

Composition of Members 2010

New recruits in 2005 and 2010 Total2,470,000 (100%) 3,075,000 (100%) 35 or younger1,980,000 (80%) 2,516,000 (82%) Women815,000 (33%) 1,184,000 (39%) Students734,000 (30%) 1,260,000 (41%)