The party’s Organisation Department and its ‘alarm’ function in the promotion of officials

The party's Organisation Department and its 'alarm' function in the promotion of officialsIn February 2017, at Chinese New Year, a program produced by the Organisation Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee entitled Our Day (我们这一天) was broadcast on many official TV channels in China. 1 The program depicted the daily life of cadres working in a provincial organisation department.They were shown rising at 6.10 am, shifting more than 10 kilograms of documents per day in their office, making dozens of calls to other departments, working in poor villages, helping alleviate poverty in those villages and working overtime until 11 at night.Although the program did not reveal too many details of their work, it still marked a breakthrough, as it was the first official television program in China featuring the work of an organisation department.The program provoked public discussion and awakened the authors' curiosity about that most mysterious of CCP entities, the Organisation Department (组织部), prompting us to carry out the research for this 1 'Shanxi shengwei zuzhibu hesui tebiejiemu "women zheyitian" [Lunar New Year Special Celebration Program, "Our Day", Produced by Shanxi Provincial Party Committee Organisation Department]', Gongchandangyuan Wang [Communist Party Member Network], 8 February 2017, news.12371.