標(biāo)題: [雙語(yǔ)] 向過(guò)往的汽車敬禮，孩子們，此乃法律 [打印本頁(yè)] 作者: 老迷 時(shí)間: 2009-10-27 13:55 標(biāo)題: [雙語(yǔ)] 向過(guò)往的汽車敬禮，孩子們，此乃法律 All the students at Luolang Elementary School, a yellow-and-orange concrete structure off a winding mountain road in central China, know the key rules: Do not run in the halls. Raise your hand to ask a question.
And oh, yes: Salute every passing car on your way to and from school.
Education officials promoted the saluting edict to reduce traffic accidents and teach children courtesy. Critics, who have posted thousands of negative comments about the policy on China's electronic bulletin boards, beg to differ.
This is hardly the only nation where local bureaucrats sometimes run a bit too free. But in China, where many local officials are less than well trained and only the Party can eject them from office, local governments' dubious edicts are common enough.
In April, one county in Hubei Province also in central China drew nationwide ridicule after officials ordered civil servants and employees of State-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs of the province's brand of cigarettes every year. Departments whose employees failed to buy enough cigarettes or bought other Chinese brands would be fined, the media reported.
No one ever precisely pinned down the origin of an order this May to kill all dogs in the town of Heihe, on the Russian border in the far northeast. Media reports suggested that one town official became irate after a dog bit him as he strolled along a river. But the official refused to confirm that.
Town leaders organized teams of police officers and ordered them to beat to death any dog who ventured into a public space.
Scholars say the proliferation of such regulations stems from a lack of professionalism among some local officials.
The Communist Party of China has been trying in recent years to correct these problems by providing better training and more channels for public feedback.
Party schools that groom officials now stress administrative skills as well as ideology. Job evaluations are supposed to be based on concrete results.
Source: the New York Times, October 26