Appendix F Central Party School Mid-Career Cadre Training Classes descriptive data
Table F.1 Age at the time of training
| Combined | 2000 | 1995 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| 30–39 | 43 | 9.7 | 13 | 5.3 | 30 | 15.1 |
| 40–49 | 268 | 60.6 | 152 | 62.6 | 116 | 58.3 |
| 50–55 | 38 | 8.6 | 24 | 9.9 | 14 | 7.0 |
| NA | 93 | 21.0 | 54 | 22.2 | 39 | 19.6 |
| Total | 442 | 100.0 | 243 | 100.0 | 199 | 100.0 |
Table F.2 Gender
| Combined | 2000 | 1995 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Male | 362 | 81.9 | 200 | 82.3 | 162 | 81.4 |
| Female | 45 | 10.2 | 27 | 11.1 | 18 | 9.0 |
| NA | 35 | 7.9 | 16 | 6.6 | 19 | 9.5 |
| Total | 442 | 100.0 | 243 | 100.0 | 199 | 100.0 |
Table F.3 Home province at the time of training
| Combined | 2000 | 1995 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Beijing | 12 | 2.7 | 4 | 1.6 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Tianjin | 9 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.1 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Hebei | 19 | 4.3 | 9 | 3.7 | 10 | 5.0 |
| Shanxi | 12 | 2.7 | 6 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Inner Mongolia | 9 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.1 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Liaoning | 18 | 4.1 | 10 | 4.1 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Jilin | 15 | 3.4 | 9 | 3.7 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Heilongjiang | 9 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Shanghai | 4 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Jiangsu | 21 | 4.8 | 13 | 5.3 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Zhejiang | 22 | 5.0 | 13 | 5.3 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Anhui | 15 | 3.4 | 11 | 4.5 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Fujian | 8 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.2 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Jiangxi | 11 | 2.5 | 4 | 1.6 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Shandong | 29 | 6.6 | 20 | 8.2 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Henan | 16 | 3.6 | 10 | 4.1 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Hubei | 13 | 2.9 | 4 | 1.6 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Hunan | 13 | 2.9 | 8 | 3.3 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Guangdong | 11 | 2.5 | 8 | 3.3 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Guangxi | 8 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.2 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Hainan | 7 | 1.6 | 3 | 1.2 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Chongqing | 5 | 1.1 | 3 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Sichuan | 12 | 2.7 | 6 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Guizhou | 6 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Yunnan | 8 | 1.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Shaanxi | 12 | 2.7 | 6 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Gansu | 8 | 1.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Qinghai | 8 | 1.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Ningxia | 4 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Xinjiang | 8 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Tibet | 7 | 1.6 | 3 | 1.2 | 4 | 2.0 |
| NA | 83 | 18.8 | 58 | 23.9 | 25 | 12.6 |
| Total | 442 | 100.0 | 243 | 100.0 | 199 | 100.0 |
Table F.4 Educational attainment
| Combined | 2000 | 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Professional school | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Part-time specialized college | 5 | 1.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Full-time specialized college | 21 | 4.8 | 12 | 4.9 | 9 | 4.5 | |
| University | 71 | 16.1 | 36 | 14.8 | 35 | 17.6 | |
| Graduate school | 133 | 30.1 | 84 | 34.6 | 49 | 24.6 | |
| Training apprentice | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Other | 112 | 25.3 | 47 | 19.3 | 65 | 32.7 | |
| NA | 98 | 22.2 | 58 | 23.9 | 40 | 20.1 | |
| Total | 442 | 100.0 | 243 | 100.0 | 199 | 100.0 | |
Note: The “other” category includes party school graduate degrees.
Table F.5 Percent with party school degrees*
| Combined | 2000 | 1995 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Undergraduate | 10 | 2.3 | 4 | 1.6 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Graduate | 114 | 25.8 | 48 | 19.8 | 66 | 33.2 |
| Total | 124 | 52 | 72 | |||
* Note: Many individuals only specify “part-time” graduate degree on their biographies, which may or may not be obtained from a party school. Cheng Li, in his analysis of the biographies of 103 “fifth generation” leaders, finds that 23 out of the 63 leaders with master’s degrees obtained these through the CPS (Li Reference Li and Li2008b).
Table F.6 University major
| Combined | 2000 | 1995 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Science | 12 | 2.7 | 5 | 2.1 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Engineering | 27 | 6.1 | 17 | 7.0 | 10 | 5.0 |
| Computer application and software | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Medicine and pharmacology | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, animal husbandry | 10 | 2.3 | 7 | 2.9 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Finance and economics | 47 | 10.6 | 26 | 10.7 | 21 | 10.6 |
| Management and administration | 34 | 7.7 | 18 | 7.4 | 16 | 8.0 |
| Law | 38 | 8.6 | 24 | 9.9 | 14 | 7.0 |
| Social sciences | 6 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Humanities | 42 | 9.5 | 17 | 7.0 | 25 | 12.6 |
| Foreign languages | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Education and information systems | 3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | |
| NA | 215 | 48.6 | 122 | 50.2 | 93 | 46.7 |
| Total | 442 | 100 | 243 | 100 | 199 | 100 |
