CRI听力: Zhejiang Online: Civil servants should pay for governmental training by themselves

Southern China's Guangzhou city has decided to give its civil servants English training.

The news caused public concern as some doubt whether it is useful.

Zhejiang Online, the governmental website of Zhejiang province, has published a commentary agreeing with the move. (www.hxen.net)

The author says it's essential to train civil servants in an attempt to better serve the public.

The author adds the civil servants' awareness of serving the public should also be lifted.

The author says that besides providing training, the government can also set certain requirements for civil servant, so as to encourage them to learn more.

The author suggests that, in order to ensure the effectiveness of such kind of training, civil servant should pay for these training courses by themselves.