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A Research Of Civil Service System In The Taiwan Region

Posted on:2009-08-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360242995354Subject:Public Management
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The Taiwan issue has become a hot topic after Hong Kong and Macao returned to China about a decade ago. The people-to-people exchanges between Taiwan and mainland China are increasingly frequent with much wider scope than before. However, we have not learnt enough about Taiwan's administrative system, especially its civil service. This article analyzes Taiwan's civil service system, based on the information both inside and outside the island. It introduces Taiwan's civil service system in detail, especial its three developing stages since 1949, including its characteristics, advantages and disadvantage.It then describes four advantages of Taiwan's civil service system, including 1) putting into practice of the"five-power system"idea initiated by Sun yat-sen, 2) empowering the independent"Examination Yuan"as the top organ managing personnel affairs, 3) utilizing the advantages of two classification systems of civil servants (rank-in-the-person and rank-in-the-position); and 4) managing and evaluating civil servants based on ethics and code of behavior. At the same time, four major problems in Taiwan's civil service system are also analyzed, including 1) lacking a general law governing civil servants, 2) the increasingly weakening of the"Examination Yuan,"3) no real"political neutrality"on the part of civil servants, and 4) injustice, unfairness and inefficiency of the legal regulations for selecting (via exam) and appointing civil servants.This paper finally summarizes the experiences and lessons of Taiwan in the development of civil service system, which may serve as good references for mainland China in developing its own civil service system. First, Sun yat-sen's idea of the"five-power system"has left incredible insights to us; second,"political neutrality"and the separation of political appointees and civil servants are not necessarily suitable to all countries or regions; third, both"expertise authoritativeness"and"political responsiveness"should be equally considered in public administration; and fourth, ethics and code of behavior should be the key points in the evaluation process for cadre selection and appointment.
Keywords/Search Tags:civil service system, civil servants, administrative neutrality
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