Board #39 - Parochialism from Above: Administrative Rank and Issue Selection in China’s National People’s Congress

• In Event: 75-309 - Poster Session: How Do Authoritarian Governments Use Political Institutions to Retain Power?

Brief Overview

Unlike local congresses, high-ranking deputies in China's NPC are the most parochial. This study attributes this to a "high-level horizontal coordination" logic, where officials use the NPC to solve cross-departmental local issues.

Author

• Chengqi Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University