Research on Essential Characteristics of the Secretaries of the Party Committees in Key Universities and Colleges in China

With the changes in the management system and the reduced focus of management of Chinese universities and colleges, secretaries of the Party committees in turn assume more wide-ranging responsibilities. In this paper, the 40 key universities in China, which are rated as the world’s first-class universities, are taken as the objects of research, so as to conduct surveys on the basic social characteristics, life experiences and work responsibilities of secretaries of the Party committees. Meanwhile, the paper also analyzes the phenomenon of secretaries of the Party committees assuming both “managerial positions and professional positions” in universities. The surveys discover: on the whole, the secretaries of the Party committees in Chinese key universities and colleges are elite groups who are mostly males with master’s degree or above, and aged between 44 and 55 years old. Most of them are experienced in position management, Party and government administration. Part-time secretaries of Party committees in universities have obvious advantages in educational background and professional titles. Full-time secretaries of Party committees in universities have more experience in multiple positions, as well as Party and government administration.