The Governor of Sichuan is the highest-ranking official in the
People's Government of Sichuan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Sichuan
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Sichuan
CCP Party Chief".
^Liao was first party secretary of Chongqing in the 1980s -- before it became a province-level municipality. He has been something of a crusader to keep alive the memory/lessons of the Cultural Revolution. See Philip Pan, Out of Mao's Shadow (2008), pp. 107-110.
The Governor of Sichuan is the highest-ranking official in the
People's Government of Sichuan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Sichuan
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Sichuan
CCP Party Chief".
^Liao was first party secretary of Chongqing in the 1980s -- before it became a province-level municipality. He has been something of a crusader to keep alive the memory/lessons of the Cultural Revolution. See Philip Pan, Out of Mao's Shadow (2008), pp. 107-110.