Government and Policy

New rules on official selection eye public opinions

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-13 10:03

BEIJING - In a bid to further regulate the selection and promotion of government and Party cadres, the Communist Party of China (CPC) turned to the public for help in its four newly released documents.

"One breakthrough of these rules is we shift the focus from simply supervising the procedures of cadre selection and promotion to also weighing in what the colleagues and the locals think about," said a statement released Monday by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.

The four documents, promulgated on March 31 by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, cover the selection and auditing of officials and set out penalties for those found guilty of misconduct in the selection and promotion of government and Party cadres.

According to the new rules, personnel departments should consult staff within the organization on every newly appointed official. The results, paired with local Party committees' official report on personnel changes, will be submitted annually to superior Party committees' for review.

These opinions will also be incorporated into the work evaluation of officials in charge of local cadre selection and promotion.

In serious cases, leading officials in the Party committees who misuse their power and violate CPC regulations on the selection and appointment of Party and government cadres could be dismissed from their posts, demoted, transferred to other posts, or asked to resign.

To better solicit public opinions, Party committees at provincial levels across the country are moving to open online service and telephone hotline for whistleblowers to report such violations.

According to the rules, personnel departments must carry out investigation based on detailed reports from the public and the media.