Party Recruitment of Students

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Party Recruitment of Students

• past and present

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Education in China (2018)

• 6-year elementary schools
• 103 million students
• 3-year middle schools
• 45 million students
• 3-year high schools
• 24 million students
• 3- or 4-year colleges and universities
• 28 million students

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No. of Colleges Universities
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College Entrance Exam

• National College Entrance Examination
• abolished during the Cultural Revolution
• Deng Xiaopings decision in 1977
• without grasping science and education, the Four
  Modernizations would have no hope
• restored College Entrance Examination
• like an atomic bomb, especially among the
  sent-down youths

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College Entrance Exam
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so why do they join the Party?

• indeed two separate questions
• What incentive do college students have in
  joining the Party?
• What incentive does the Party have in recruiting
  them?

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First their incentives ...

• In 2018, more than 1.8 million students are
  Chinese Communist Party members
• More than 6 per cent of undergraduate students
• The proportion among graduate students is even
  higher
• Why?

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A survey of university students

• Some of your friends have joined the Party,
  others are striving to do so. What is your
  opinion?
• They believe in Communism and want to make a
  contribution 4
• They think the Party is good and are joining in
  order to be further educated .. 10
• In reality they want a Party card which they
  can use as capital to receive future benefits 59

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and see what some 5th graders say ...

• We all want to join the Party. This is because
  you can get promotions when you are a Party
  member. You can have power when you are
  promoted. And with power you can become rich.
  None of the Party members in our village is now
  poor.

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What are their real incentives ...

• Materialistic gains rather than ideological
  doctrines
• A professor of political science in Hong Kong
  the young generation now joined the Party like
  young professionals join the Lions Club or Rotary
  Club to establish business ties.

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Number of College Graduates
In 2018, 7.5 million students graduated from
college
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student Party members

• advantage in job market, especially for positions
  in government agencies or state-owned enterprises

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future political career

• Party membership plus college education are
  necessary conditions for political advancement

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but there are different voices

• A student in Beijing I cannot be bothered,
  there are more ways to succeed now. One can go
  abroad, or work for a private enterprise, or
  foreign companies.
• A folk rhyme in Hubei Province Each tills their
  field, and each makes their money who cares
  whether youre a Party member or not?

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Second the Partys incentives

• In the 1950s and 1960s, the Partys recruitment
  strategies emphasized class origin.

Peasants and workers were especially welcome, but
intellectuals were not.
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Its all changed ...

• since Deng Xiaoping started the reforms in the
  late 1970s, the Chinese Communist Party has
  staked its legitimacy on economic performance
  more than anything else.
• To achieve the ambitious economic development
  goals, the Party desperately needs youth and
  talent.

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The Three Represents theory
Jiang Zemin Our Party has always represented
the development requirements of Chinas advanced
social productive forces
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Party recruitment of talents

• The secretary of a local Party committee The
  Party is the leader of our countrys economic
  construction, and first of all we need excellent
  people from all professions.
• Proportion of undergraduate students who are
  Party members rose from 0.8 in 1990 to 3.8 in
  2000 and 6 in 2018.

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Party members by education level
Years of School Education
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Elite Universities in Beijing

• In 2011, 29 of undergraduate students at
  Tsinghua University were Party members.
• 8.3 in 1995
• 16.5 in 2005
• 24.8 in 2010
• In 2010, 36.2 of undergraduate students at
  Renmin University were Party members

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Fudan University in Shanghai

• 30.9 of undergraduate students at Fudan
  University are Party members
• 16.4 in 2000
• 26.7 in 2010