Analysis on the designing principle of the classification system in the Civil Service Law of China

Abstract

The classification system for Chinese Civil Servants is one of the most basic systematic devices in the Civil Service Law of China. The aim of designing such a system is to solve the hard issue of extreme narrow channels for career development of civil servants. The legislative thoughts of such a system include: orientation of post classification, absorbing reasonable elements of the rank classification system, aiming at optimizing the management and taking incentive safeguard as a main line, and its basic contents include: classification of the positions into general administration category, professional and technical category, administrative law enforcement category, judges and procuratorate category; diversification of position arrangement; clarification of the contents and functions of different ranks; and standardizing the mapping relationships between ranks and positions.