The Localization Of Cadres And Local Politics

After the establishment of the national power in 1949,the CPC has deployed a large number of Party members and cadres from the old areas,such as Shandong,Shanxi,Hebei Province to realize the effective takeover of the new areas,such as the Southwest,which formed a pattern of the external cadres as the dominant group in the leading cadres at the county level.Academia called the "northernization" of the local cadres in the new areas.Previous studies have emphasized a lot on this aspect,but it is also easy to cover other aspects of the appointment and the composition of cadres in the new areas.This article takes Jiangjin County as a case to sort out the changes of local leading cadres in the new areas from 1949 to 1966.The case of Jiangjin County shows that since the mid-1950s,the local cadres of the county began to gradually replace the external cadres from the bottom up,and in the 1960s,established the local cadres accounted for the leading cadres.This "localization of cadres" phenomenon,reveals some complex facade of the composition of local cadres in the Mao Zedong era.Analysis of the case of Jiangjin County,we can find that the localization of cadres is associated with three factors,the first-hand politics,interpersonal network and macro policy background.The localization of cadres has had an important and complex impact on local politics.In the category of local power and local interests,the localization of cadres does not necessarily lead to the local public affairs decisions that are inclined to local interests,sometimes may contradict local interests.This phenomenon highlights the local politics in the "local power priority" orientation.