End of road for cushy govt jobs

SHANGHAI: The first batch of government workers employed under a new system designed to change the civil service from a lifelong career to a performance-driven one, will soon start work in this city's Pudong New Area.

Civil servants for the six vacancies the local government released earlier this year have signed labor contracts with different government agencies in Pudong. The district is one of the first areas to introduce the new program to break the idea that a position in a government department will provide lifelong security.

It is an extension of the nation's decision earlier this year to have Pudong try the pilot scheme, and also part of pilot reforms going on in the area designed to inject new power to its rapid development and help it lead the nation.