The family of person holding a leading official post in a
government or Party unit cannot be subordinate to officials,
accountants, auditors or human resources cadres in that unit during
the official's tenure.
The ban appears in a regulation issued Sunday by the General
Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
(CPC). Another important CPC regulation dealt with tenure of office
and a third with job mobility.
The three regulations apply to officials of the CPC Central
Committee, the National People's Congress, the State Council,
the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's
Procuratorate, as well as local leading officials of Party units,
government departments, people's congresses and political
consultative conferences, courts and prosecuting organs at and
above county level.
The new regulation states officials must not work in a
government office which controls or supervises any industry or
enterprise in which their family members hold an interest.
The regulation also stipulates that officials cannot take on the
leading post in the CPC committee, government, court and
prosecuting organs of the county and prefecture in which they are
born and have grown up.
If officials fail to implement the regulation they'll be
criticized or given disciplinary punishment.
The regulation on tenure of office states that officials should
hold their posts for a term of five years to ensure stable and
consistent implementation of policy.
Officials must complete their five-year term unless they reach
retirement age, are in poor health, fail to perform their duties
and need to be transferred or are demoted or dismissed for
wrongdoing, states the regulation.
When the five-year term is up officials will be given an overall
performance assessment of their work and the result will be an
important factor in future promotion, say the regulations.
After working in the same post for two consecutive five-year
terms officials will no longer be recommended or appointed to the
post, add the regulations.
(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2006)