Unfortunately, meritocracy has been eroded by a political culture of sycophancy and cynicism. Designing a screening mechanism to minimize adverse selection in choosing bureaucrats and party officials has become one of the biggest challenges that China’s ruling elites confront.
在一党制度下，精英治国是好治理的前提，而好治理又是维持社会稳定的关键。不幸的是，精英治国受到了谄媚和犬儒政治文化的侵蚀。设计监督机制以实现党政官员选拔中的逆向选择的最小化已成为中国执政精英所面临的最大挑战之一。