Shanxi： Innovating the Examination for Political Mining Personnel and Improving the Management Level of Political Mining Services in an All-round Way

　　In order to strictly control the entry of employees and evaluation experts of Shanxi government procurement agencies, standardize the practice behavior of government procurement agencies and evaluation experts, and effectively improve the professional service level of Shanxi government procurement employees. On January 20, 2024, Shanxi Provincial Department of Finance organized the examination for employees and evaluation experts of government procurement agencies in the whole province, with a total of more than 14,000 participants. The examination changed the way of studying with the exam in the past, organized a centralized and unified online exam for the first time, adhered to the principles of fairness, impartiality and openness, and adopted the methods of unifying examination papers in the whole province, randomly selecting examination questions, conducting technical inspection in the whole process, answering questions specially after the exam, etc., and comprehensively examined the mastery and application ability of agency employees and evaluation experts on government procurement knowledge.　

　　In order to organize the exam, Shanxi Provincial Department of Finance made an implementation plan in advance, actively provided personnel and technical support, fully predicted all kinds of emergencies and formulated emergency response plans. During the examination, most candidates strictly abide by the discipline of the examination room and answer carefully, showing a good examination style and a solid professional foundation. According to statistics, a total of 2,756 agency employees and 11,413 evaluation experts took the exam, with passing rates of 65.57% and 47.85% respectively.　

　　In the next step, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Finance will intensify the training, assessment and continuing education of government procurement agencies and evaluation experts, and in accordance with the management requirements of government procurement agencies and evaluation experts, focus on the registration of the list of government procurement agencies and the warehousing of evaluation experts for review, forming a normalization mechanism. Enhance the initiative and enthusiasm of government procurement practitioners in learning government procurement laws and regulations, continuously improve the professional quality, professional ability and professional ethics of government procurement practitioners, avoid problems such as unprofessional, disorderly practice and unethical competition in the industry, guide agencies and evaluation experts to take the road of standardization and specialization, and build a team of government procurement practitioners who are in compliance with laws and regulations, skilled in professionalism, fair and just, transparent and efficient, and provide high-quality services.