Governor (China)

In China, the governor (Chinese: 省长; pinyin: shěngzhǎng) is the head of government of a province. There are currently 22 provincial governors under PRC control; in China's five autonomous regions, the analogous head of the provincial government is officially titled a chairman, not a governor. [1]

The provincial governors in the Republic of China were the first highest ranking executives (since 1949) in Taiwan and Fujian as well as Xinjiang (dissolved in 1992) that were subordinated to the Executive Yuan. These were completely de facto dismantled in 2018 when the provincial governments were abolished. However in mainland China, the governor is the second highest ranking executive in the province and is subordinated to the secretary of the provincial communist party.

In the Constitution of the Republic of China promulgated on December 25, 1947, Chapter XI, Article 113, Section 2 describes that in each province, there shall be a provincial government with a provincial governor who shall be elected by the people of the province.[2] This was codified in Article 9, Section 1 in the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 2005.

Source of talent

Most if not all governors are not local to the provinces they are appointed to govern.[3][4]

In many cases, they are from outside the province and are graduates of the Central Party School or CPC affiliated education institutions.[1] Most governors were deputy governors, bureaucrats in central government offices or officials from others departments of the central communist party of China such as the Communist Youth League.[1][3][4]

Some governors have been rotated from other provinces from poorer provinces to richer coastal provinces. Other previous governors have been appointed positions within the central government. Some previous governors have become party chiefs of their respective provinces.[3][4]

References
  1. Bo, Zhiyue (2007). "Provincial Governors". China's Elite Politics: Political Transition and Power Balancing. Series on contemporary China. World Scientific. p. 385. ISBN 978-981-270-041-4.
  2. Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan) – via Laws & Regulations Database of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  3. Shambaugh, David (2009). "Training China's Political Elite: The Party School System". The China Quarterly. 196: 827–844. doi:10.1017/S0305741008001148. S2CID 154609177. ProQuest 229490701.
  4. Liu, Alan P. L. (2009). "Rebirth and Secularization of the Central Party School in China". The China Journal. 62: 105–125. doi:10.1086/tcj.62.20648116. JSTOR 20648116. S2CID 140813703. ProQuest 222740035.
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