Chinese Officials See Dramatic Drop in Job Security Under Xi

Leaders of China’s provinces have less job security than at any time in the past four decades, a sign of the upheaval caused by President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign.

The ruling Communist Party’s provincial heads stayed in the job just 1.6 years on average in 2021, according to data compiled by Cheng Li, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, a U.S. research organization.