Chinese civil servants to get pay rise, with some seeing their salaries double or even triple
Components of pay packages will rise to offset increasing cost of pensions in a move that experts say will lead to more transparency
Salaries for mainland civil servants and public interest organisation workers will double and even triple in some cases to offset the rising cost of pensions.
In some cases, "duty salaries" - one of various components in civil service remuneration packages - will increase by up to 50 per cent, while "post-rank salaries" will almost triple, the Economic Observer reported, citing a State Council directive that was issued last week.
Civil servants in the lowest ranks will see their duty salaries rise from 340 yuan (HK$430) to 510 yuan and post-rank salaries rise from 290 to 810 yuan.
Those in the highest ranks - including President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang - will see the two salary components rise from 4,000 yuan to 5,250 yuan, and from 3,020 yuan to 6,135 yuan, respectively, the report said.
Besides these two salary components, a mainland civil servant's remuneration package usually includes a dozen others, such as position compensation and subsidies for cars, housing and meals.
The rises - which will be backdated to October 1 - would also cover staff at public interest organisations such as hospitals and schools, as well as those retired from such organisations and government agencies, Hu Xiaoyi, vice-minister of human resources and social security, said on Monday.
Beijing-backed Hong Kong newspaper Wen Wei Po said some public interest organisation staff would have their overall pay doubled from the same date.