In China, the governor () is the head of government of a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

. There are currently 22 provincial governors under

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control; in China's five autonomous regions, the analogous head of the provincial government is officially titled a chairman, not a governor.

Legal basis

In the

Constitution of the Republic of China The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fifth and current constitution of the Republic of China (ROC), ratified by the Kuomintang during the session on 25 December 1946, in Nanjing, and adopted on 25 December 1947. The constitution, ...

promulgated on December 25, 1947, Chapter XI, Article 113, Section 2 describes that in each province, there shall be a provincial government with a provincial governor who shall be elected by the people of the province. This was codified in Article 9, Section 1 in the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 2005.

Source of talent

Most if not all governors are not local to the provinces they are appointed to govern. In many cases, they are from outside the province and are graduates of the

Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (), commonly known as the Central Party School (), located in Beijing, is the higher education institution which trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. As of 2012, it has around 1,60 ...

or CCP affiliated education institutions. Most governors were deputy governors, bureaucrats in central government offices or officials from others departments of the CCP such as the

Communist Youth League The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

. Some governors have been rotated from other provinces from poorer provinces to richer coastal provinces. Other previous governors have been appointed positions within the central government. Some previous governors have become party chiefs of their respective provinces.

References

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