The Communist Party of China has nearly 100 million members. For ordinary members, Party membership means greater organizational obligations, disciplinary constraints, and ongoing management; but how does this system operate in the hands of Party organizations and cadres who wield power?

In the second episode of *Decoding the Plight of Grassroots Party Members in the Communist Party of China*, Cai Xia continues to explore the internal workings of the Party membership system: Why are some members unwilling to publicly disclose their Party membership after moving to other parts of the country or overseas? What are "pocket Party members" and "roster Party members"? Why is it so difficult for some people to truly withdraw from the Party even though they don't pay Party dues or participate in organizational activities for extended periods?

Meanwhile, this episode also delves into another more hidden dimension: how Party organizations make money.

From collecting Party dues and managing "slush funds" within work units, to using departmental functions to create market demand and turning political education into a business, Cai Xia describes how power within the Party is transformed into concrete departmental interests. She also recalls a vivid detail: during an internal dinner at the Organization Department of the Central Committee, a leader jokingly said, "I'll drink one cup, and you'll get ten million." Three cups of wine, thirty million.

The real question worth exploring behind this is how power, organizational resources, and the distribution of interests within the CCP are intertwined.

Episode 2: How Do Party Organizations Make Money? Cai Xia Reveals the "Money-Making Tricks" Within the Communist Party | Unveiling the Plight of Grassroots Party Members in the Chinese Communist Party (Part 2)

Guest: Cai Xia, an exile and scholar of political party studies, formerly a professor in the Department of Party Building at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China. From the 1980s, she engaged in research on Marxist-Leninist political parties, party ideology, and the construction of the ruling party, working for nearly thirty years at local party schools and the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China. In 2020, she was expelled from the Communist Party of China and stripped of her retirement benefits by the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China for publicly criticizing the CCP system and Xi Jinping. She currently resides overseas, continuing her research on the CCP system and party politics, and publicly criticizing the CCP's totalitarian system.

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