The Chinese government seems to appreciate the management axiom that “you don’t manage what you don’t measure”. When implemented, this new ruling should be good for the poor as well as ensure that some local authorities don’t jack up their debt any further to increase their GDP.
“Chinese officials in poverty-stricken counties can stop worrying too much about regional GDP figures from now on, as the central authorities have moved to make poverty relief the priority for their work.
The country will reform the evaluation system for officials from poor counties by prioritizing the work of poverty reduction rather than the regional GDP, according to a guideline released Saturday jointly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, the Cabinet.
GDP figures will no longer be a standard for counties with fragile ecology or where development is restricted by the government to ensure sustainable growth, the guideline said.
\”The country will take improving the livelihood of people in poverty and reducing poor population as major indicators\” to guide officials in poor regions to put their work priority on poverty relief, it said.
Chinese leaders have recently set new standards for local officials, stressing that their performance cannot be simply based on regional GDP growth rates, but should include resource and environmental costs, debt levels and work safety.”
via Poverty relief to become priority for poor counties – Xinhua | English.news.cn.
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