The features of technocracy in the “Chinese model” of governance

The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of technocratic management in the “Chinese model” of governance. It is argued that China, as an authoritarian political regime, is traditionally incorporated into the technocratic style of governance and hence into the mixed (technocratic, corporate and political) style of inter-institutional relations, which largely deter- mines the growth of the efficiency of capitalist industrial production and management. At the same time, it was found that in China there is a significant technocratic-oriented modernization of the authoritarian political regime, although the authoritarianism itself is not a modernization one. It has been recorded that there is implemented the version of “capitalist authoritarianism” in China today, but it “rationalizes tyranny” under the guise of local traditions and culture. The author determined that friendship and particularism are the decisive factors in the tech-nocraticization of the authoritarian political regime and governance in China. Therefore, the technocratic nature of power in China is partially denied.