Cadre, a homophonic word derived from the French CADRE, means frame, military officer, senior manager, etc.Later, as the meaning of military officials, social groups and heads of enterprises, etc., it gradually became common in many countries.The term "cadre" used in China originated from Japan. The extension and connotation of the term "cadres" are not consistent in different countries.In China, when the word "cadre" was first used, it had a narrow sense and a broad sense.The term "cadre" was widely used at the beginning of the founding of the Communist Party of China.In its narrow sense, it refers to the party's backbone and command personnel; in its broad sense, it refers to the personnel engaged in political, cultural, and economic activities for the party and the military and political personnel above the platoon of the army.After the Chinese Communist Party seized power, it continued to use, strengthen, and expand this historical concept. In the process of continuous development and differentiation of national public officials, the scope of cadres has become wider and wider.Leaders of all levels and types, general civil servants of party and government agencies and mass organizations, professional and technical personnel of enterprises and institutions, teachers, doctors, police officers, judges, tax collectors, industrial and commercial personnel, etc. all belong to the scope of cadres.In other words, only these people really have the status of cadres.Later, common social phenomena such as workers instead of workers and farmers replaced workers appeared, and even weird phenomena such as cadre guards, cadre drivers, and cadre chefs appeared, which became a strange phenomenon in China's real society.Around the 1970s, it even reached its peak.As a result, every citizen living in China, whether they are workers, peasants, students, or soldiers, does not yearn to become an official state cadre.China's cadre system has naturally contributed to a cadre culture. In this cadre culture, China's cadre team is bound to expand, and it is bound to make people's yearning for the status of cadres more and more intense...

In the five volumes of Mao Zedong's works, the word "cadre" is also used the most. There are many types of cadres, such as party and government cadres, administrative cadres, leading cadres, provincial and ministerial-level cadres, bureau-level cadres, county-level cadres, department-level cadres, government agency cadres, business cadres, non-Party cadres, factory and mine cadres, Rural cadres, township enterprise cadres, and so on.Among these cadres, some have real cadre status, and some do not have real cadre status. In Chinese society, the real and veritable cadres are actually just such a group of people: the responsible personnel of the party and government organs who have the status of cadres, hold leadership positions, and engage in leadership work.Only they can truly be called national cadres.

There is no intention of discriminating against other cadres here, because as long as you want to become a real leading cadre, you must meet a prerequisite, that is, you must first have the status of a cadre.And only when you have the status of a cadre, will you have the qualifications to be a real leading cadre.A person with the status of a cadre does not mean that he is a leader, and a leader must have the status of a cadre.Therefore, in today's China, cadres are not equivalent to government officials, only national cadres with leadership status can be called government officials. There is no direct connection between Communist Party membership and cadre status.Party members are not necessarily cadres, but the vast majority of party and government cadres and administrative cadres must be party members; especially the top leaders of party and government cadres and the main leading cadres of other units and departments must be party members.

Most of the leading cadres in China today are promoted from members of the Communist Party with cadre status... According to reports, as of 2003, the number of cadres in China has reached tens of millions.In such a huge candidate team for leading cadres, most of China's elites and outstanding talents are accommodated.Of course, in such a group, there will also be mixed fish and dragons, and mud and sand.In war years or special periods of the country, elites and talents will be revealed quickly and easily.But in a stable period, countless outstanding talents often have to suffer together with mediocrity and villains, and even with corrupt elements.They are both products of politics, but many of them do not really understand politics, so that some people often reject or disintegrate politics, so that they are often crushed under the giant wheel of politics.

Some scholars at home and abroad believe that China's cadres lack proper supervision, so they are prone to turmoil, confusion and corruption.In fact, China's cadre team also has its own supervision and restriction mechanism. The difference is that this supervision and restriction mechanism not only comes from the outside but also comes from within itself, and sometimes comes from different social environments. Mutual supervision, competition and struggle among various groups and factions arising from social environment, cultural environment, economic environment, etc.As a result, various long-standing standards and norms have been born that have continued to this day: "Wen dies to remonstrate, and martial arts dies to fight", "Don't serve two masters, don't be a second minister", "Poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be moved." Qu, wealth and honor cannot be prostitutes", "Kill one's body to become benevolent, sacrifice one's life for righteousness", "General will be outside, and the emperor's order will not be accepted", "County officials are not as good as the present", "One emperor and one courtier", "Fighting in the nest", "The boss can't be messed with", "The official is a big one" High-level crushing people", "clean officials", "corrupt officials", "faint officials", "ultra-leftists", "centrists", "rightists", "reformists", "young factions", "real power factions", "hardliners", "moderate factions", "conservative forces" Corrupt elements", "vested interest groups", etc.In today's political environment with special national conditions like China, when a leading cadre is very clear and honest, the group of cadres under him will become orderly and prosperous; When corruption occurs, the place under his jurisdiction will be full of dissatisfaction and injustice...

Cadres have become a unique term in China's political and cultural life.Even those who do not really have the essence of cadres, but only have the title of cadres, in order to show their integrity and dignity, they often put on their most convincing identities in front of everyone: "What's the point? We are also state cadres..." Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, numerous rectification campaigns and campaigns have been carried out intermittently, large and small, and the essence of each rectification campaign and campaign is actually to rectify cadres, that is, to rectify those cadres with real leadership status.The so-called magnificent mass movements are, after all, large-scale cadre rectification campaigns...

Since the reform and opening up, the connotation of the word cadre has also gradually changed. The biggest change is the quotation and appearance of the title of national civil servant. Now it seems that such a stereotype has formed in people's consciousness. Only those who become national civil servants can It is a real cadre. But no matter what, once you occupy a position in the party and government organs, then in the eyes of ordinary people, you are naturally a leading cadre, a state cadre... It may be difficult for people abroad to understand such words. Only Chinese people can understand this kind of words as soon as they hear them.

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