The Study Of Selecting Excellent College Graduates To Work At The Grass-roots Units

Talent serves as an important work for constantly pushing forward the cause ofthe Communist Party of China and the nation. As a significant way to cultivateoutstanding young cadres through grass-roots practice exercise, transferring theoutstanding college graduates to work at the grass-roots units shoulders the greathistorical mission and political responsibility. Therefore, the strengthening of theresearch on problems of transferring outstanding college graduates to the grass-rootshas not only an important theoretical significance, but also an important practical value.This text mainly includes the history, program, meaning and achievements oftransferring the outstanding college graduates to the grass-roots units. In recent years,research on transferring the outstanding college graduates to the grass-roots to work isconstantly enriched and obtained many gratifying achievements. But at the same time,this policy is also inadequate. It not only restricts this system from exerting its effect atutmost, but also affects talents to accelerate the development and progress, or make agreater contribution. This text elaborated the history and the moving reason oftransferring outstanding college graduates to grass-roots units, then tally up the presentcondition of this work, and finally put forward a few paths of strengthening it.This text is totally divided into three parts:First part: An overview of transferring outstanding college graduates to thegrass-roots units.（1）The proposition of the system. The source of the system can betraced back to the1960s. On the basis of Liu Shaoqi’s instructions about the allocationof a number of graduates from institutions of higher learning to work at the grass-rootsunits, more than ten thousand college graduates were arranged to work at thegrass-roots units below the county as reserved cadres from1965to1966, thus creating a precedent for college graduates working at the grass-roots units. During the CulturalRevolution, this policy was once interrupted. After the Third Plenary Session of theEleventh Central Committee, with the increasing emphasis on the personnel work, thework of selected graduates resumed. And then after several policy adjustments, thesystem of transferring outstanding college graduates to the grass-roots units wasn’tgradually standardized or institutionalized until2000, when the central issued relevantdocuments.（2）The program of the system. The transferring work is mainly organizedby the Party Committee Organization Departments in all provinces, autonomousregions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, which is mainlydivided into the three stages of selection, assignment and training. The progression oftransferring work is generally based on the actual work of different areas. TheOrganization Departments study the introduction of appropriate working methods andin accordance with the principle of two-way selection, select from all colleges anduniversities graduates, who are merit-based appointed under the posts after2-3years ofexperience, in high academic achievers to work in various streets, towns and otherbasic units（.3）The similarities and differences between selected graduates, public civilservants and college-graduate village officials. Selected graduates and public civilservants are both in the national civil service, who must be managed in accordancewith the State Civil Service Law. The essential difference between the two does notexist in terms of the professional attributes. College-graduate village officials are notcivil servants, though there are some similarities in the selection and the examination.College-graduate village officials, as graduates with college degrees or previousgraduates, serve as the village party branch secretary, assistant to the director of thevillage committee or other village "two committees" forthcoming duties in rural areas(including community). Selected graduates, public civil servants and college-graduatevillage officials have their own characteristics in the organization, selection ofrecruiting and training management.Second part: Second part: The moving reason of transferring outstanding collegegraduates to the grass-roots units（.1）Transferring the outstanding college graduates to the grass-roots units to work is an important measure of the CPC Central Committeeconsidering the overall situation. The great cause of building socialism with Chinesecharacteristics needs a large number of young cadres of both ability and integrity, bothcultural knowledge and practical experience. The practice has proved that this policy isa strategic measure to train a large number of leadership talent to adapt to the need ofthe reform and opening up and socialist modernization from the roots（.2）Transferringoutstanding college graduates to the grass-roots units is the inner motivation ofstrengthening the construction of reserved cadres. Strengthening the construction ofreserved cadres is of great significance to strengthen the leadership of the party,consolidate the party’s ruling ability, reinforce the party’s ruling status and ensure theprosperity of the cause of the party and the country. Transferring outstanding collegegraduates to grass-roots units to work is in line with the objective laws of the growth ofleadership talent. It’s a basic work of building and training the group of outstandingyoung cadres and leadership.（3）Transferring outstanding college graduates to thegrass-roots units is the actual needs for the political organs. Under the new situation,serving the masses properly introduces a new requirement to the party committees atall levels and it demands the party committees to know a lot more about the massesand the reality. Selected graduates will accumulate a wealth of experience, which canform a close bond between the party, the government and the masses.（4）This policyhas made remarkable achievements in local practice. A large number of outstandingyoung cadres fulfill their missions in the arduous conditions, winning the trust of theorganizations and the support from the masses. They grow to be the backbone ofpromoting the party’s causes with grass-roots practice and explore an effective way tocultivate leadership talent through grass-roots practice. The status of transferringoutstanding college graduates to the grass-roots units. In recent years, this policy hasmade many gratifying achievements: The establishment of a relatively perfect workingsystem to select and train young cadres, which laid a solid foundation for deepeningthe research of the growth laws of leadership talents and enriching talent workingtheory; the establishment of a echelon of selected graduates with a certain scale and high overall quality, transferring a large number of outstanding young cadres for theparty and the country; the establishment of a normal operating mode for young cadresto serve the grass-roots units, which strengthen the work force and enhance the worklevel.Third part: The suggestions on improving transferring outstanding collegegraduates to the grass-roots units. Although much has been achieved, transferring theoutstanding college graduates to work at the grass-roots units still has someshortcomings: the vague of cultivation aim, need of further consummation of themechanism and organization, lack of theoretical research and the guidance formanagement. In accordance with the existent problems in the policy, we shouldstrengthen from the following aspects: Scientifically locate the orientation oftransferring students; supervise overall situation and accurately grasp the tendency ofthe construction of talents group; keep pace with the times and constantly make clearthe training direction of selected students; practically strengthen theoretical research;positively summarize the practical experience; continually promote theoreticalinnovation; focus on strengthening the construction of theoretical talents; keepimproving the level of application of theory; actively promote the institutional andmechanism innovation; improve the system of selection, appointment, managementand examination.