Public Servants

Public servants are the functionaries who perform public duties in accordance with the law. They are on the state administrative payroll and receive salaries and benefits from the state revenues.

China has built its system of public servants based on upholding the CPC leadership under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, following the basic guideline for the primary stage of socialism, the Party’s organizational line for the new era, and the principle of the Party supervising the officials.

According to the Law on Public Servants, public servants are selected on the basis of both integrity and ability, with greater weight given to integrity, and on merit regardless of background, to ensure that the dedicated, impartial and upright are appointed. One's performance, especially political performance, is valued in the selection process.

Category-specific management of the public servants ensures efficiency and sound performance. In China, public servants include all the staff, except those doing temporary work, who work in the CPC departments, bodies of the people's congresses and their standing committees, administrative organs, bodies of the CPPCC committees, supervisory, judicial and procuratorial bodies, and bodies of the eight other political parties and the federations of industry and commerce. The leading officials are elected, or appointed, or engaged, and other public servants are either appointed or engaged. Members of the leading bodies all serve fixed terms in line with relevant state regulations.

公務員

公務員，全稱為國家公務員，是指依法履行公職、納入國家行政編制、由國家財政負擔工資福利的工作人員。中國公務員制度堅持中國共產黨領導，堅持以馬克思列寧主義、毛澤東思想、鄧小平理論、“三個代表”重要思想、科學發展觀、習近平新時代中國特色社會主義思想為指導，貫徹社會主義初級階段的基本路線，貫徹新時代中國共產黨的組織路線，堅持黨管干部原則。《中華人民共和國公務員法》指出，公務員的任用，堅持德才兼備、以德為先，堅持五湖四海、任人唯賢，堅持事業為上、公道正派，突出政治標準，注重工作實績。

國家對公務員實行分類管理，提高管理效能和科學化水平。中國公務員的范圍包括中國共產黨各級機關、各級人民代表大會及其常務委員會機關、各級行政機關、中國人民政治協商會議各級委員會機關、各級監察機關、各級審判機關、各級檢察機關、各民主黨派和工商聯的各級機關中除工勤人員以外的工作人員。公務員領導職務實行選任制、委任制和聘任制。公務員職級實行委任制和聘任制。領導成員職務按照國家規定實行任期制。