From Administrative Responsibility to Political Core:A Systematic Review of the Party Organization Leadership System in Chinese Schools

Xuebing Fu

doi:10.6918/IJOSSER.202602_9(2).0006

Authors

Xuebing Fu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202602_9(2).0006

Keywords:

Educational governance, Principal responsibility system, School leadership, Dual governance logic, Education reform in china, Party organization leadership

Abstract

This study aims to systematically review the academic research on the "Principal Responsibility System under the Leadership of Party Organizations" in primary and secondary schools in China since the issuance of the pivotal "Opinions" in 2022. Utilizing bibliometrics and content analysis, this paper screens and analyzes representative literature from core journals in the CNKI database (2020–2024). The review dissects the subject across five dimensions: conceptual connotation, historical institutional evolution, implementation challenges, optimization strategies, and empirical case studies. The study finds that while current literature predominantly focuses on normative policy interpretations, a deeper synthesis reveals a profound reconstruction of the dual governance logic—balancing "political rationality" and "administrative rationality." This review indicates that the new system represents not merely an administrative adjustment but a paradigm shift towards "organizational leadership." It provides a non-Western model of "political-embedded professionalism" for understanding how party politics integrates into educational bureaucracy, offering significant supplementary value to international educational governance theories.

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