Time to Learn.

The article focuses on the "Harvard Project," an advanced training project of the Chinese government which is joint program developed by the Kennedy School of Government and the Tsinghua university for high ranking government officials. At its beginnings in 1983, the program was little more than symbolic measures of reforms but in 2000, Chinese officials realized that short inspection tours were insufficient to solve public administration problems. In other areas, the study destination is chosen according to the expertise aspect of the training.