From 'State Allocation' to 'Talent Market': Decoding the 40-Year Evolution of Personnel Distribution in Fujian Archives
Geographic Connections Fuzhou, Xiamen, Sanming, Nanping, Ningde, Longyan, Quanzhou, Putian, Changle, Tongan, Shanghai, Beijing, and Majiang. Introduction: The Institutional Logic from ‘Guaranteed Tenure’ to Market Mobility In the grand narrative of digital local chronicles, the evolution of the talent distribution system is the most profound slice for observing China’s transition from a planned to a market economy. According to the Fujian Provincial Chronicles: Personnel, from the early days of the PRC to the pre-Cultural Revolution era, China implemented a highly centralized “mandatory allocation” system, known as “Unified Guarantee and Distribution”. ...