A growing technocratic and elitist trend is evident in the rise of a younger generation of CCP elites represented by the prevalence of Tsinghua graduates taking the lead in career advancement within the party-state hierarchy. This trend appears to strengthen Xi Jinping’s control of CCP elites and benefit China’s governance, though it contradicts Xi’s emphasis on the CCP’s traditional political criteria and populist values. To overcome this dilemma, Xi’s leadership has prioritized loyalty to the CCP in the recruitment and promotion of young cadres and has developed organizational measures to enhance their grassroots experience.
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Fascinating statistics of the CCP’s young cadres. Out of 60 bureau-level ones for whom there’s data, at least 29 hold STEM degrees, 47% are Ph.Ds. Tsinghua increasingly dominates (23% bureau-level, 52% in the 1985-1989 deputy-bureau cohort).
CCP is becoming more meritocratic. And
