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Citizen assessment

BEIJING: China has issued a set of regulations on the assessment of government employees, which gives the public the chance to have their say about the performance of civil servants. The regulations, based on the first Civil Servant Law which took effect on January 1 of last year, say opinion polls may be used to evaluate high-ranking civil servants if necessary. The civil servants will be given grades — excellent, competent, satisfactory and incompetent. Those who are graded ``incompetent'' for two years in a row will be removed from their posts. The list of those who are graded ``excellent'' should be made public. Experts say it is the first time a dose of public supervision has been injected into the civil servant appraisal system, which may make the results fairer. — Xinhua

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