Chinese Political Elite Database (CPED)
I maintain the Chinese Political Elite Database (CPED), a large biographical database that contains extensive demographic and career information of over 4,000 key city, provincial and national leaders in China since late 1990s. The database is intended to provide standardized, accessible information for empirical researchers who are interested in Chinese leadership. Codebook and documentations will be available soon.
The database is supported by grants from the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, the Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation (SES‐1560513).
Currently, the database includes:
Please cite the database as follows:
Jiang, Junyan. (2018), Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China. American Journal of Political Science, 62 (4), 982-999
Download the data here
The database is supported by grants from the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, the Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation (SES‐1560513).
Currently, the database includes:
- All city party secretaries, mayors (including party and government heads under centrally administered municipalities) between 2000 to 2015
- All civilian members of provincial standing committee from 2000 to 2012
- All provincial governors and provincial secretaries from 1995 to 2015
- Full and alternate members of 15th to 18th Central Committee (1997-2012).
Please cite the database as follows:
Jiang, Junyan. (2018), Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China. American Journal of Political Science, 62 (4), 982-999
Download the data here
Past Contributors
Wu Xiaolong, Li Yuan, Wang Zhe, Chen Xingyu, Chen Wentong, Chen Zhaoyuan, Li Niannian, Li Peihan, Li Simiao, Li Xinyao, Liu Yalin, Sun Yi, Tian Hui, Wang Hongming, Wang Junning, Wang Yiming, Xie Yutao, Xu Li, Yu Lingge, and Zhong Linggu.