ABSTRACT
This chapter explains that certain evidence shows parts of the leadership mobility patterns in China. The current map of Chinese politics shows a hierarchical system in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) occupies the dominant position and has great influence over every political issue flowing within the system. The political mobility of Chinese regional leaders focuses on how promotions or demotions specifically mean the movement of a leader from one position to another during his or her political career. Political mobility is a crucial part of a Chinese regional leader's career. The movement of a leader can be either vertical or horizontal within the hierarchical political system; moreover, such mobility exists in most communist and post-communist regimes as the dominant communist party controls the decisive power to determine a leader's political career. Finally, the chapter points out some rules of thumb as potential standards with which to measure regional leader's political mobility.
