India-China cooperation in Civil Services, Personnel Management & Public Administration

India and China today held discussions and shared their experiences in the areas of civil services, capacity building, health care of Central Government employees, public service delivery, pension benefits and public sector reforms. Both the sides also adopted the Plan of Action for exchange of cooperation.

Earlier, both India and China had signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of Civil Services, Personnel Management and Public Administration on 27th May,2010. Under the MoU, the following areas of interest have been identified for cooperation like capacity building and skills upgradation, Improved systems of Public Service Delivery, Human Resource Development-civil services, Human Resource Management in Public Sector and Public Sector reform. An Indian delegation headed by Joint Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances visited China in February this year to discuss implementation of the MoU. The Chinese side invited Shri Narayanasamy to visit China in the latter half of this year to carry forward the areas of cooperation.