China explores different ways to train officials
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YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: Officials from southern Hainan Province dressed like Red Army soldiers take a class in one of the old revolutionary sites in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province, on September 21. [Photo: Yuan Yuan] |
Yao Yuzhen, 30, has been working in the CELAJ for three years. A graduate of the Capital Normal University in Beijing with a Master's degree, Yao found a job in Beijing but eventually quit and then joined the CELAJ. "My grandfather was a Red Army soldier and my father is a Party member," Yao said. "My grandfather told me many stories about the revolutionary days and they made a big impression on me. I want to have a chance to tell those stories to others." Yao is the youngest teacher at the CELAJ, where she teaches at the Xiaojing Cemetery of Red Army Martyrs.
"Her stories are so touching, I couldn't help my tears," said 40-year-old Wang Baohan, an official from the Department of Land and Resources of the southern island province of Hainan. "It is also very impressive to see people of the young generation like Yao make effort to pass down the tradition of the Party."
Speaking on the significance of the training classes offered by the CELAJ, Wang said that although there are many modern trends of thoughts, the Jinggangshan spirit conceived in arduous struggle should always be cherished as a Party legacy. "In my opinion, the core of the Jinggangshan spirit is persistence," Peng said. "As long as we persist in our faith and work hard, we will create miracles."
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Compared with the CELAJ, the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong (CELAP) in Shanghai follows a different training method. As China's largest business hub, Shanghai has seen some of the fastest economic development in the country since China adopted the reform and opening-up policy in 1978. Trainees visit for the most up-to-date knowledge of new technology and receive the training on diplomatic etiquette, emergency crisis solution and the ability to communicate with the media.
The CELAP provides a range of programs tailored for intermediate and senior government officials, business executives and other senior professionals from home and abroad, according to Feng Jun, Executive Vice President of the CELAP.
"The CELAP has formed its own unique training approach," Feng said. "It leverages the pioneering practices of the Yangtze River Delta in reform and opening up and resources of Shanghai as an international metropolis, giving trainees global perspectives and improving their governance capacity through training programs."
Wang Shiquan, Director of Training Innovation and Cases Study Center at the CELAP, is in charge of training officials on communicating with the media. "It is of crucial importance because media outlets play a much bigger role in public affairs," Wang said. "We use the word communicate because many officials still have prejudice toward the media and refuse to talk to media representatives in many cases."
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