<codeBook xmlns="ddi:codebook:2_5" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="ddi:codebook:2_5 https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Codebook/2.5/XMLSchema/codebook.xsd" version="2.5"><docDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl>Chinese Organizational History Dataset</titl><IDNo agency="DOI">doi:10.7910/DVN/8NAGSS</IDNo></titlStmt><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">Harvard Dataverse</distrbtr><distDate>2023-12-14</distDate></distStmt><verStmt source="archive"><version date="2024-12-14" type="RELEASED">2</version></verStmt><biblCit>Chen, Hao; Wilson, Saul; Xu, Changxin Patrick; Cheng, Cheng; Wang, Yuhua, 2023, "Chinese Organizational History Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8NAGSS, Harvard Dataverse, V2</biblCit></citation></docDscr><stdyDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl>Chinese Organizational History Dataset</titl><IDNo agency="DOI">doi:10.7910/DVN/8NAGSS</IDNo></titlStmt><rspStmt><AuthEnty affiliation="Harvard Kennedy School">Chen, Hao</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="Ashoka University">Wilson, Saul</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="Syracuse University">Xu, Changxin Patrick</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="New York University">Cheng, Cheng</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="Harvard University">Wang, Yuhua</AuthEnty></rspStmt><prodStmt/><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">Harvard Dataverse</distrbtr><contact affiliation="Ashoka University" email="saul.wilson@ashoka.edu.in">Wilson, Saul</contact><depositr>Wilson, Saul</depositr><depDate>2023-10-20</depDate></distStmt><holdings URI="https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8NAGSS"/></citation><stdyInfo><subject><keyword xml:lang="en">Social Sciences</keyword><keyword>Chinese politics</keyword></subject><abstract>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.</abstract><sumDscr/><notes>v2: updated with slight corrections to some data where the "job" column was incorrect.  Thanks to Aaron Glasserman and Jérôme Doyon.</notes></stdyInfo><method><dataColl><sources/></dataColl><anlyInfo/></method><dataAccs><setAvail/><useStmt/><notes type="DVN:TOU" level="dv">&lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0&lt;/a></notes></dataAccs><othrStdyMat><relPubl><citation><titlStmt><titl>Hao Chen, Saul Wilson, Changxin Patrick Xu, Cheng Cheng, and Yuhua Wang.  2023. 
 "Dethroning the Mao-era Elite, Clearing the Way for Reform."  China Quarterly.</titl><IDNo agency="doi">10.1017/S0305741023001686</IDNo></titlStmt><biblCit>Hao Chen, Saul Wilson, Changxin Patrick Xu, Cheng Cheng, and Yuhua Wang.  2023. 
 "Dethroning the Mao-era Elite, Clearing the Way for Reform."  China Quarterly.</biblCit></citation><ExtLink URI="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741023001686"/></relPubl></othrStdyMat></stdyDscr><otherMat ID="f10781622" URI="https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api/access/datafile/10781622" level="datafile"><labl>Complete v2.xlsx</labl><notes level="file" type="DATAVERSE:CONTENTTYPE" subject="Content/MIME Type">application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</notes></otherMat><otherMat ID="f7674973" URI="https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api/access/datafile/7674973" level="datafile"><labl>README</labl><notes level="file" type="DATAVERSE:CONTENTTYPE" subject="Content/MIME Type">text/plain; charset=UTF-8</notes></otherMat></codeBook>