Personal Statement
Wei, Linlin
Motivated by the idea of devoting myself to the well-being of my country and its people since childhood, I chose public administration as my major in college.During four years of academic study in Shandong Normal University, which ranks among top 50 in the field of Public Administration research in China, I was equipped with the basic knowledge on the political system and the operation of government agencies in China.I took several introductory courses on this subject in college, including Public Policy Analysis, Human Resources Management, and Public Administration.The more I learned, the more deep thinking I had.Luckily, after graduation from college, I got the chance to further my education in the School of Public Administration in Renmin University of China, which enjoys the highest reputation in China’s Public Administration academic community.I was greatly influenced by a number of Public Administration theories such as Bureaucracy, Reinventing government, New Public Management, Citizen Participation and so on, and managed to apply these methodologies and principles in my research on the administrative reform in Chinese central government.What is more, the free atmosphere in RUC made me reflect upon diverse perspectives and poible solutions in the proce of policy-making, and most significantly, strengthened my determination to pursue my career as a public servant.
With a master’s degree on Public Administration, I started my career in the Department of Human Resources in Chongqing Police Bureau, which boasts a staff of nearly 40,000 police officers.During the past two years, I was mainly in charge of Personnel Management and Organizational Reform, including recruiting and allocation of talents, performance evaluation, personnel reform measures, and establishment of new police branches and so on.It was really a good feeling to be helpful to people who needed improvements in their careers and organizations who wished to get a better performance in operation.Although I have always been proud of being able to put what I had learned through college education into profeional practice, it was still a challenge for me to deal with the most creative part of my job—how to encourage people to develop to their full potential and thus make the entire agency benefit from taking such initiatives.I hope to find some poible solutions by having my knowledge undated and my horizon broadened.With these goals in mind, I decided to further my theoretical background through the MPA program in UIC, to get some inspirational learning experiences from a different culture.
I am fully confident that your program will not only enable me to learn how to explore individual capacity through human resource management and organizational changes, but also inspire me to think about potential solutions for governments to take in tackling problems in an increasingly open and democratic society.I will return to my job after graduation, and make efforts to figure out how to apply those promising principles to the operation of Chongqing Police Bureau.Meanwhile, I also sincerely cherish the hope that there will be contributions that I could make to this program as an international student.
Yours Sincerely,
