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Seven Reforms In Five Decades

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  • Fang Lee Cooke

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Civil service reform has been a common issue facing many governments in the world, albeit the content and nature of the reform may vary considerably between nations. The civil service in China has witnessed seven restructures since 1949. However, little is written in the Western literature on China's civil service reform and its implications for human resource management. This paper provides an historical overview of the backgrounds and actions of each of the seven reforms spanning the history of the civil service since the establishment of Communist China in 1949. The paper identifies major barriers to the reforms and assesses the likely impact of these reforms in tackling the intractable problem of an oversized and under-performing civil service of China. It highlights the difficulties in implementing large-scale top-down organizational change which requires institutional as well as cultural reconfiguration.

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  • Fang Lee Cooke, 2003. "Seven Reforms In Five Decades," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(3), pages 380-404.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:8:y:2003:i:3:p:380-404
    DOI: 10.1080/13547860306285
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    1. Nunberg, B., 1995. "Managing the Civil Service. Reform Lessons from Advanced industrialized Countries," World Bank - Discussion Papers 204, World Bank.
    2. Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore & de Tommaso, Giulio & Mukherjee, Amitabha, 1997. "Government employment and pay : a global and regional perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1771, The World Bank.
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    2. Philip Gunby & Yinghua Jin, 2016. "Determinants of Chinese Government Size: An Extreme Bounds Analysis," Working Papers in Economics 16/25, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance.

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