China's Public Human Resource Management: Selecting for Fit in Civil Service Examinations

How do governments select the right people for public service? This book examines the evolving logic of civil service recruitment in contemporary China, focusing on the balance between fairness, competence, and political loyalty. Through a detailed case study of Shenzhen, it offers rare insights into the workings of a highly standardized selection system.

Spanning policy, practice, and perception, the book explores how China’s civil service examinations function in practice and whether they ...