University graduates line up for government posts
Updated: 2006-10-29 11:01
Prof. Yu said the "fever" for government positions also indicates, to some
extent, a lack of trust in the stability of the social welfare system.Almost 90
percent of the rural population has no health insurance and nearly 60 percent of
city dwellers are not covered by health insurance, according to the Ministry of
Health.
"Social security is a key factor in social harmony," Prof. Yu said.
Last Wednesday, China published the Resolution on Major Issues Regarding the
Building of a Harmonious Socialist Society, which was adopted at the conclusion
of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) on October 11.
"We are stepping up efforts to improve the rule of law, develop a culture of
clean and honest government, and strengthen the checks and supervision on
power," said Chinese President Hu Jintao.
He exhorted government officials "to improve their self-discipline and resist
materialism, hedonism and individualism."
The recent dismissal of the former secretary of the Shanghai Municipal
Committee of the Communist Party of China as well as Qiu Xiaohua, former head of
China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), for their involvement in the 10
billion yuan social security fund scandal, illustrates the determination of
central government to stamp out corruption and build a clean and efficient
government.
China punished 67,505 government officials for corruption from January 2003
to August 2006, according to the latest judicial figures released on October 23.
According to the procuratorate's statistics, more than 17,505 corrupt officials
were prosecuted and punished in the first eight months of 2006.
"University students should realize that a government job will never be a
'golden bowl'. The 'bowl' is given by the people and will be broken if
responsibility is ignored," said Prof. Liu Xirui.
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