"With public opinion coming into its own since the lifting of martial law, the role of civil servants has just had to undergo adjustment." Professor Hsu Pin-sung, head of Chengchi University's Department of Public Administration, observes that modern civil servants are having to go over from a "mandarin" role to one of "serving the people."
「自從解嚴以後，民意高漲，公務員的角色不得不重新調適」，政治大學公共行政系主任許濱松指出，過去文官體系事實上是官僚體系，今天的公務員則必須從「官治」角色轉變到「為民服務」。