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Chinas Civil Service Reform

As part of Chinas overall reform process, Chinas civil service has also been reformed, beginning in the late 1970s, undergoing a major change in 1993 with the implementation of a new civil service system, with the reforms continuing to unfold thereafter. The creation of a modern, clean, competent and merit-based civil service is extremely important to enable China to regulate and manage its increasingly complex economy and society. This book, based on extensive original research, outlines the civil service reforms and assesses their effectiveness. It shows how recruitment and promotion, now based on merit, control by policy-makers and overall effectiveness have all been improved, with this being attested to by citizens acknowledging that the civil service now does a better job. The book concludes by discussing how Chinas civil service reforms can serve as a model for other Asian countries.

Wang Xiaoqi is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include Chinese politics, public governance and management, institutional analysis, coordination and collaboration, comparative public policy and state-society relations. Her articles have appeared in The China Quarterly and International Social Science Journal.

Comparative development and policy in Asia series

Series Editors:
Ka Ho Mok

(Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, China)

Rachel Murphy

(Oxford University, UK)

Yongjin Zhang

(Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol, UK)

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State education, social mobility and cultural difference

Lin Yi

Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China

Edited by Rachel Murphy

Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia

Edited by Ka Ha Mok and Ray Forrest

Ageing in East Asia
Challenges and policies for the twenty-first century

Edited by Tsung-hsi Fu and Rhidian Hughes

Towards Responsible Government in East Asia
Trajectories, intentions and meanings

Edited by Linda Chelan Li

Government and Policy-Making Reform in China
The implications of governing capacity

Bill K.P. Chou

Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond

Edited by Julia Tao, Anthony Cheung, Martin Painter and Chenyang Li

Welfare Reform in East Asia
Towards workfare?

Edited by Chak Kwan Chan and Kinglun Ngok

Chinas Assimilationist Language Policy
Impact on indigenous/minority literacy and social harmony

Edited by Gulbahar H. Beckett and Gerard A. Postiglione

The Emergent Knowledge Society and the Future of Higher Education
Asian perspectives

Deane E. Neubauer

Chinas Civil Service Reform

Wang Xiaoqi

Chinas Civil Service Reform

Wang Xiaoqi

First published 2012
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an inforna business

2012 Wang Xiaoqi

The right of Wang Xiaoqi to be identified as author of this work has been
asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Wang, Xiaoqi, Ph. D.
Chinas civil service reform/Wang Xiaoqi.

p. cm. (Comparative development and policy in Asia series; 11)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Civil service reformChina. I. Title.
JQ1512.W295 2012
352.6'3dc23
2011042493

ISBN: 9780415577489 (hbk)
ISBN: 9780203121504 (ebk)

Typeset in Times New Roman
by Wearset Ltd, Boldon, Tyne and Wear

To my husband Yang and our adorable son Shijun

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Acknowledgments

A number of wonderful people and institutions deserve thanks for their help and service over the course of the research effort culminating in this book. First, I am immensely grateful to John Burns, my doctoral supervisor, who has showed me how a great scholar should have passionate devotion to his field. His insightful guidance, constant encouragement and kind support enabled the fulfillment of this research. I am also deeply indebted to Wai-Fung Lam, who has been a great source of inspiration and challenge. With a sharp and critical mind, superb analytical skills and good humor, Wai-Fung Lam sets an example of both excellent scholarship and marvelous mentorship. I am particularly grateful to Ka-Ho Mok for encouraging me to publish my dissertation as a book and giving me invaluable suggestions.

I benefited greatly from the comments on the earlier drafts of this book from many other scholars, including James Perry, Guy Peters, Melanie Manion, Lynn White, Anthony Cheung, Tom Liou, Richard Hu, Peter Cheung, Ian Thynne and Bill Chou.

I have been fortunate enough to be a recipient of several research and conference grants from the University of Hong Kong. I would like to thank the Urban China Research Network of the State University of New York at Albany for a Graduate Student Research Grant. I also thank the Hong Kong Association of University Women for supporting my fieldwork with the HKAUW Thomas H. C. Cheung Scholarship.

I am also grateful to the people I interviewed and the people who helped me during my fieldwork in Beijing, Ningbo and Changchun between 2004 and 2008. Many of the local civil servants I interviewed were very open-minded and helpful. I also wish to thank my editors at Routledge, Peter Sowden and Jillian Morrison, for guiding me through the publication process.

I wish to thank my parents and three elder sisters for providing me with endless love and caring. Most importantly, I wish to thank my husband Yang and our adorable son Shijun for their love. My husband has been a staunch supporter of my writing from the very beginning. His intellectual and emotional support has been an enduring source of stimulation and insight and has always given me the strength to go through challenging times. I became a new mother just as the book was finalized. All parents will understand how exciting and overwhelming this was. My son has really enriched my life. His company has introduced a new perspective on life and also inspired me to work particularly hard for this book. I would like to dedicate this book to my husband Yang and our son Shijun.

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