The Communist Party of China has clear ideas when it comes to profiling ideal officials. He wants them young, motivated, and ready to face the toughest trials in the most disadvantaged areas of the country. Speaking at a meeting for aspiring officials, Liu Yunshan - a prominent member of the Permanent Commission of the Party's Political Bureau - said that the new cadres should gain experience among ordinary people, share their daily life, even better if this happens in more difficult environmental and social conditions.
"You have to learn to walk in the mud, rain and wind," Liu told the young candidates, "and in doing so learn to know your country better and deepen your roots." An apprenticeship of this kind, he added, also serves to hone the ability to cope with unexpected situations. To clear up any possible misunderstanding, Liu said that rigor and severity serve to forge a good official as much as education and manners. Indulgence and understanding, on the other hand, don't work at all.
Intransigence, again according to the words of the selector Liu, also against the crimes to which every public administration is subject, such as nepotism, corruption, buying and selling of votes and offices. The proceedings of the meeting also revealed that the Party hopes that the new cadres will come, more massively than in the past, from young industry executives, researchers from scientific institutes and university personnel.
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