Recruiting in China

Moves to strengthen

China’s Public Service recruitment systems have commenced, with the Deputy Director of the State Administration of Civil Service calling for improvements.

The Deputy Director, Yang Shiqiu said the Public Service written exam and interviews needed to be strengthened to make the system more competitive. Mr Yang said assessments of candidates and open selection also needed to improve to ensure the most talented applicants were recruited into the ranks of the PS.

He said a constant effort should be made to improve the selection of staff and that Departments and Agencies should make plans well before carrying out competitive recruitment. Mr Yang said Agencies should make personnel allocation of mid-level cadres and below clear at the beginning of every year and make annual arrangements in line with directions from the Central Government.

He said any Agencies that had not carried out competitive employment processes needed to learn from those which had. Mr Yang urged all to adapt the competitive employment system and to implement it as soon as possible.

He said organisations that had already adopted the system should continue to improve it. He said Agencies should avoid carrying out competitive employment sporadically and should implement it at all times, not just when requested to do so by higher authorities.