Civil service reform in the People's Republic of China: case studies of early implementation

✍ Scribed by Caroline Haiyan Tong; Jeffrey D. Straussman; Walter D. Broadnax

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 131 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-2075
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-162x(199905)19:2<193::aid-pad41>3.0.co;2-8

✦ Synopsis

The adoption of the civil service system is the most comprehensive reform of the personnel system in the history of the People's Republic of China. The reformers want to establish a highly quali®ed and professional administrative corps. Elements of the reform include a meritbased performance evaluation system that rewards good employees and punishes poor ones, open and fair competition in recruitment and promotion to assure the quality of government ocials, and a system based on law that provides continuity and consistency for government policies. The article summarizes case studies of implementation challenges such as recruitment, examinations, selection and promotion, performance evaluation, training, job rotation and salary systems. The cases provide snapshots of some of the most dicult issues involved in reforming China's civil service.