From the Chinaelections.org, summarized by Xiangfeng YangÔºö
It was recently reported that Shanghai sets up a quota of positions to be filled by non-CCP members in its municipal and district governments and stipulates that qualified non-CCP cadres can also hold top jobs in government agencies. Such news has attracted widespread attention but it in fact has been the CCP Central Committee’s policy for quite a while.
A Central Committee circular in 2005 clearly says that “Appointing democratic parties’ and non-party members to national and local government leadership positions is a major task for the multi-party cooperation led by the CCP.” In this document, ministries in the central government were asked to “select and appoint” (xuanpei) non-CCP members to their leadership teams, the courts and procuratorators at all levels, albeit in a gradual manner (zhubu). It also suggests that qualified (fuhe tiaojian de) non-CCP members may be allowed to fill the No. 1 job (zhengzhi) in the governments at the county level and above. [Full Text]
