From the China Daily, (h/t World-China Bridge blog):
A report from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the country’s leading think tank, warned conflict between the public and government officials had become more obvious in recent years.
Friday’s China Youth Daily quoted the report as saying about 69.84 percent of those surveyed by CASS experts thought government officials benefited the most from economic development in the past decade. They were followed by the entertainment stars, entrepreneurs, managers of state-owned enterprises and professionals.
The CASS Institute of Sociology report expressed concern about the list headed by officials as in previous similar surveys entrepreneurs were always at the top.
“On one hand, a government job with stable income and decent welfare showed its advantages in the heated competition of the employment market. On the other hand, corruption and malpractice harmed the public image of officials,” it said.
