Between 2007 and 2012 more than 10 million people joined the CPC. It officially has 80.6 million members, around 25% under the age of 35, with another 50% aged between 36 and 60. Although the leadership (especially at local level) has never been so openly criticised as it is today, there have never been so many applicants. Membership opens many doors for young people (at least those who are not rich) and is a kind of peace-of-mind insurance for the CPC, which hopes that it will help control Chinese society.
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