China takes steps to prevent civil servants from using posts for personal gain

Chinese civil servants will face new restrictions when changing jobs as authorities move to prevent them from using official posts to make personal profit, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.Lower-level civil servants should also follow the rules, but with a limit of two years, according to Xinhua.As of the end of 2015, China had 7.17 million civil servants, according to Xinhua.