Gold-medalist officials spark heated debate
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June 14, 2010, Monday
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THE pending appointment and promotion of nine Olympic gold medalists in sports-related governmental departments in eastern China's Shandong Province has triggered heated debate.
The nine Olympic champions will have an official rank equal to deputy head of a county.
Du Li, gold medalist in shooting at the Athens and Beijing Olympics, will be promoted as vice-president of the provincial school of competitive sports.
Wang Feng and Liu Chunhong, diving and weight-lifting gold medalists at the Beijing Olympics respectively, have been nominated as vice-directors of the provincial diving center and weight-lifting center.
China has appointed Olympic champions as officials before, but this is the first time all the Olympic gold medalists in a province have all got top official positions.
When the promotion plan was made public on June 5, some questioned whether all the Olympic medalists could perform well as officials, which led to much public debate - particularly online.
"They have too little experience in officialdom to be governmental officials," said a Netizen with the alias of "free-like-bird."
"A person must take an exam before becoming a civil servant in China, so how can Olympic medalists become officials if they have not sat the exam?" said a professor with a local sports college in Shandong who wished to remain anonymous.
The official selection procedures should be more transparent, the professor added.
The nine Olympic champions will have an official rank equal to deputy head of a county.
Du Li, gold medalist in shooting at the Athens and Beijing Olympics, will be promoted as vice-president of the provincial school of competitive sports.
Wang Feng and Liu Chunhong, diving and weight-lifting gold medalists at the Beijing Olympics respectively, have been nominated as vice-directors of the provincial diving center and weight-lifting center.
China has appointed Olympic champions as officials before, but this is the first time all the Olympic gold medalists in a province have all got top official positions.
When the promotion plan was made public on June 5, some questioned whether all the Olympic medalists could perform well as officials, which led to much public debate - particularly online.
"They have too little experience in officialdom to be governmental officials," said a Netizen with the alias of "free-like-bird."
"A person must take an exam before becoming a civil servant in China, so how can Olympic medalists become officials if they have not sat the exam?" said a professor with a local sports college in Shandong who wished to remain anonymous.
The official selection procedures should be more transparent, the professor added.
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