################################################################################################################ ############################# CHINESE POLITICAL ELITE DATABASE (CPED) ######################################## ################################################################################################################ Last Updated: Sep 20, 2018 Version: 1.0 Maintained by: Junyan Jiang (junyanjiang87@gmail.com) This is a comprehensive biographical database of Chinese political leaders from multiple levels. Currently it contains extensive and systematically coded information of career information for all civilian leaders who belong to one of the following categories: (1) All city party secretaries, mayors between 2000 and 2015 (2) All standing committee members between 2000 and 2012 (3) All provincial party secretaries and governors between 1995 and 2015 (4) All other full and alternate Central Committee members between 1997 and 2012 Please cite this database as follows: Jiang, Junyan. (2018), Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China. American Journal of Political Science CREDIT The following individuals have contributed to building the database: Wu Xiaolong, Li Yuan, Wang Zhe, 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.