Govt evaluation is more than money
China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-28 07:51
What besides money can be used to gauge the performance of local governments? The answer: People's voices.
A new evaluation system for government performance proposed by a group of experts over the weekend has asked for a more scientific and transparent mechanism which includes more views from the general public.
"Economic growth should not be the only measure," Sang Zhulai, a researcher with the Ministry of Personnel who heads a subject group on the reform, was quoted as saying by the China Youth Daily yesterday.
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