STRATEGIC ADAPTATIONS: RESHAPING HR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN CHINA

Abstract

The "Civil Service Law of the People’s Republic of China," enacted on January 1st, 2006, introduced a comprehensive assessment framework for evaluating public service professionals based on virtues, competencies, attendance, performance, and integrity, particularly emphasizing the scrutiny of actual performance. Subsequently, on January 4th, 2007, the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "Examination Requirement of Public Service—Trial Implementation," which outlined fundamental principles, content, criteria, processes, and the application of results within the Civil Examination. Since then, governments at all levels have been continuously refining the civil examination mechanism. However, both theoretical inquiries and practical implementations still grapple with several unresolved issues in the performance management of Chinese civil servants