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Praise for rules banning official pomp
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December 7, 2012, Friday
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CHINESE Internet users and media have lauded regulations put forward by the country's newly elected leadership to improve their work style. Expectations are high.
On Tuesday, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee adopted a document setting out explicit requirements for how Political Bureau members should improve their work style. It makes eight points, focusing on rejecting extravagance, reducing bureaucratic visits, meetings, and empty talk.
Comments went viral soon after release of the requirements.
On China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo service, users were upbeat about the prospect of imminent changes to China's culture of officialdom, which often features speeches of tedious jargon, expensive banquets, and routine pomp.
Web user "liferecorder_lz" said these requirements are "pragmatic" and will overhaul the practices of China's officials if implemented well.
Given the profound changes that the Party, the country and the world are facing today, we should realize the utmost importance of improving work style, the People's Daily, the CPC's flagship newspaper, said in a commentary on Wednesday.
"Improvements in the Party's work style will win people's hearts," it added.
The requirements are the first detailed guidance for a new working style, adopted after the election of the Political Bureau members last month. The aim is to strengthen ties between the people and officials, whose malpractice, including corruption and abuse of power, have distanced them from ordinary citizens.
According to the new rules, fewer traffic controls and roadblocks should be set up for leaders' motorcades. Further, Political Bureau members are not allowed to attend ribbon-cutting or cornerstone-laying ceremonies, celebrations and seminars, unless they get approval from the CPC Central Committee.
Senior leaders are also required to reduce the size of the official entourage during visits and reject pomp and extravagance in official receptions.
The regulations also ban worthless news reports on senior officials' work and activities, saying any such reports should depend on their actual news value.
"Fewer meetings and traffic controls for the officials mean there will be smoother traffic in cities, and less media coverage of officials will leave room for more news dedicated to public welfare," the Beijing News commented on Wednesday.
The implementation of any aspect of the regulations will be translated into benefits for the masses, the newspaper added.
Many Internet users are taking a wait-and-see attitude, saying it was too soon to see the impact of the regulations on relations between officials and citizens and whether they can address social problems such as corruption.
On Tuesday, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee adopted a document setting out explicit requirements for how Political Bureau members should improve their work style. It makes eight points, focusing on rejecting extravagance, reducing bureaucratic visits, meetings, and empty talk.
Comments went viral soon after release of the requirements.
On China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo service, users were upbeat about the prospect of imminent changes to China's culture of officialdom, which often features speeches of tedious jargon, expensive banquets, and routine pomp.
Web user "liferecorder_lz" said these requirements are "pragmatic" and will overhaul the practices of China's officials if implemented well.
Given the profound changes that the Party, the country and the world are facing today, we should realize the utmost importance of improving work style, the People's Daily, the CPC's flagship newspaper, said in a commentary on Wednesday.
"Improvements in the Party's work style will win people's hearts," it added.
The requirements are the first detailed guidance for a new working style, adopted after the election of the Political Bureau members last month. The aim is to strengthen ties between the people and officials, whose malpractice, including corruption and abuse of power, have distanced them from ordinary citizens.
According to the new rules, fewer traffic controls and roadblocks should be set up for leaders' motorcades. Further, Political Bureau members are not allowed to attend ribbon-cutting or cornerstone-laying ceremonies, celebrations and seminars, unless they get approval from the CPC Central Committee.
Senior leaders are also required to reduce the size of the official entourage during visits and reject pomp and extravagance in official receptions.
The regulations also ban worthless news reports on senior officials' work and activities, saying any such reports should depend on their actual news value.
"Fewer meetings and traffic controls for the officials mean there will be smoother traffic in cities, and less media coverage of officials will leave room for more news dedicated to public welfare," the Beijing News commented on Wednesday.
The implementation of any aspect of the regulations will be translated into benefits for the masses, the newspaper added.
Many Internet users are taking a wait-and-see attitude, saying it was too soon to see the impact of the regulations on relations between officials and citizens and whether they can address social problems such as corruption.
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