Party leaders of the future will be better equipped to face the
media, well versed in international affairs and more efficient
managers, thanks to an enhanced training program, a senior official
said yesterday.
The program is part of the Communist Party of China's three-year
focus on "governance capability and global vision" of its promising
leaders, said Li Peiyuan, director of the bureau of senior
officials training of the CPC's Organization Department.
Officials in some schools are getting considerable "public
relations training" to be more media savvy.
Cadres will be trained in psychology, too, to help them better
cope with stress. The course includes 300 questions to assess their
character and personality.
According to the 2006-10 National Cadre Education and Training
Plan released earlier this year, the country wants to train 500
provincial-level, 8,800 department-level and about 100,000
county-level officials every year.
"But we will ensure quality is not undermined by the number of
people in the program," Li said. "It is crucial for decision-makers
of tomorrow to learn how to be good leaders in (the age of)
globalization."
Li's department, one of the most important CPC bodies involved
in selection and appointment of cadres, oversees the running of six
CPC national schools.
The Party School of the Central Committee and the China National
School of Administration focus mostly on theory and ideology.
Business and leadership skills are taught at the newly set up
school in Dalian in Liaoning Province.
Three schools were started in Shanghai, Jinggangshan in Jiangxi
Province and Yan'an in Shaanxi Province in 2005 to impart
management training to officials, and nearly 30,000 officials have
graduated from there.
(China Daily July 17, 2007)