Shanghai government will allow people who are not a member of
the Communist Party of China to be top leaders of government
departments, the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai
Committee of the Communist Party of China said yesterday.
Shanghai had 13 non-Party cadres for important positions in 12
government departments by the end of June, Shanghai Morning
Post reported.
As of now, the top leaders of government departments are all
party members.
Vice directors of Shanghai Public Health Bureau, Shanghai
Intellectual Property Administration, Shanghai Economic Commission
and Shanghai Information Technology Development Commission are all
non-Party members, as well as vice presidents of Shanghai No. 1
Intermediate People's Court and Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate
People's Court.
Shanghai is improving its mechanism of training and appointing
non-Party members, as well as setting up an evaluation system for
them.
(Xinhua News Agency November 24, 2006)