China will subject Party leaders and government officials to public scrutiny before they are appointed, according to regulations released Thursday by the Organization Department of Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.
The new regulations apply to all candidates to be appointed for prefecture and sub-prefecture posts. The regulations also cover candidates selected for more important posts or leading positions.
Full name, gender, birthday, health and educational background of the official-to-be shall be publicized, as well as his political identity, current post and resume, in order to solicit public opinions on the promotion.
Such information shall be released via newspaper, television, radio or other mass media. Those relating promotions inside a department may be publicized in the forms of circulars, meeting memos and posters.
The whole process of the publication consists of four steps: Party committee deliberates and decides upon a candidate, and then releases relative information; organization (or personnel) department deals with public feedback; investigation is carried out to verify complaints, if there is any, and the results of investigations shall be made public as well. The original nomination will be modified according to the investigation results, until the final appointment is proclaimed.
Similar reforms have been carried out in some local governments for a few years and have had a positive effect. The central government will begin to push for the reform nationwide, an official with the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee said.
(Xinhua 02/02/2001)
