10.7910/DVN/8NAGSS Chen, Hao Hao Chen Harvard Kennedy School Wilson, Saul Saul Wilson Ashoka University Xu, Changxin Patrick Changxin Patrick Xu Syracuse University Cheng, Cheng Cheng Cheng New York University Wang, Yuhua Yuhua Wang Harvard University Harvard Dataverse 2023 Social Sciences Chinese politics Wilson, Saul Saul Wilson Ashoka University 2023-10-20 2023-12-14 2024-12-14 10.1017/S0305741023001686 36244321 3281 36258886 application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet text/plain; charset=UTF-8 application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 2.2 CC0 1.0 This dataset includes personnel records for Chinese political leaders. It draws from the Organizational Histories published by the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, including data for national and provincial leaders, as well as local leaders in Shanxi Province. v2: updated with slight corrections to some data where the "job" column was incorrect. Thanks to Aaron Glasserman and Jérôme Doyon.