1. Political affiliation
   1. Nature (party)
      1. Early revolutionary parties
      2. GMD
      3. CCP
      4. Minor parties
   2. Date of joining
      1. Prior to 1911 (revolutionary parties)
      2. GMD
         1. Prior to 1927 (GMD)
         2. 1927-1949 (GMD)
         3. Post 1949 (Taiwan)
      3. CPP
         1. Prior to 1949 (CCP)
         2. Post 1949 (CCP)
   3. Level
      1. Positions in the Party apparatus
      2. Low-level
      3. Mid-level
      4. High-level
2. Professional career
   1. Nature
      1. Political career in the party apparatus (POL, esp. POL-C) = Party cadres
         1. GMD
            1. Pre 1927
            2. 1927-37 (official/dominant party in Party-state regime)
            3. Post 1949 (enemy party)
         2. CCP
            1. Pre 1927 (United CCP/GMD)
            2. 1927-49 (enemy party)
            3. Post 1949 (Official/dominant party in Party-state regime)
         3. No political career (simple membership or no political affiliation known)
      2. Career in central government (GOV-C) = officials and bureaucrats
         1. Pre 1927
         2. 1927-37 (Nanjing)
         3. 1938-45 (wartime)
            1. Official regime (Chongqing)
            2. Collaboration regime (WJW)
         4. 1945-49 (postwar)
         5. Post 1949
            1. PRC (CCP)
            2. ROC (GMD)
         6. No government career
            1. Politically set aside
            2. CCP pre 1949
            3. GMD post 1949
            4. Uninterested in politics (artists, scholars, businessmen)
      3. Military career (MIL-U)
         1. Warlords
         2. Official army units (1927-45)
         3. CCP revolutionary forces (pre 1949)
         4. No military experience
      4. Other careers (ACAD, BUSI, MEDI) = Professionals and businessmen
   2. Level
      1. Positions in government institutions
      2. Low-level (GOV-A, GOV-L)
      3. Mid-level (GOV-A, GOV-L)
      4. High-level (GOV-C)