By Staff Reporter
South African public servants are spending 20 days in China as part of a National School of Government (NSG) learning exchange programme to gain firsthand experience of how China has managed the modernisation and professionalisation of the state.
The programme, which ends on 27 May, is being hosted by the Academy for International Business Officials and is supported by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
It explores the Chinese path of modernisation from a largely rural and agrarian society to a modernised and industrialised society that abolished absolute poverty in 2020.
The NSG said that its international exchanges were aimed at facilitating public servants access to specialist knowledge and skills needed to enhance public sector performance and development. This was partly done by learning from the development trajectory of other countries in the Global South and North.
Public Service and Administration Minister Mzamo Buthelezi has congratulated the officials nominated to attend the programme, saying that state capacity was important in pursuing equitable and sustainable socio-economic transformation as well as safeguarding the rights and dignity of South Africans.
“Chinese leadership and achievements serve as a great source of inspiration for transformation on the African continent. African officials participating in these exchanges contribute to innovation and strengthening of public institutions to play a transformative role.”
This exchange is part of a series in the NSG’s international cooperation for public sector development and performance.
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