Yin Ming: A role model in national legal profession admission exam work from Hebei

Since taking up the work on the annual national legal profession admission exam in the city of Baoding, North China's Hebei province, in 2017, Yin Ming, a principal staff member of the local judicial bureau, has been working hard and responsibly to ensure exam system's smooth operation.

In the run-up to China's first unified qualification exam for legal professionals, Yin often worked well past midnight at the exam venues, conducting stress testing and trying his best to fix loopholes. He also cooperated with the power company to draft emergency plans and practice drills to ensure the continuity of the power supply during the exam.

Apart from the preparation work, the well being of exam candidates is also one of his top priorities. Yin often said that "Because the national legal profession admission exam is an event of extreme importance both to the image of Baoding as an exam district and the candidates' future careers, we must provide our service as meticulously and patiently as possible." 

To help candidates learn more about the exams, Wu regularly gives lectures at local universities, reminding student candidates of all the important matters related to the exam and cautioning them against cheating.

Wu's deep concern for candidates can be illustrated by a number of incidents.

In a 2012 incident a candidate was about to give up the remaining part of the test after her handbag containing her admission ticket and identity card was stolen after the first exam session. 

Luckily, the local police managed to recover her handbag and sent it to the exam venue. Aware that the time limit for the admission to the second exam session was running out, Wu raced against time to reach the candidate, urging her to come back. As a result, the candidate made it to the venue in time and finished the rest of the exam.

In another dramatic incident in 2014, Wu discovered on the last day of the application period that a candidate who had passed that year's exam still hadn't applied for his qualification as a legal practitioner. 

Worrying that the candidate might fail to apply in time, in which case his exam result would be nullified, Wu tried unsuccessfully to call him multiple times. Then, he cheerfully found the candidate's address in the registration information and went to his home, only to find that he had moved out. With unwavering determination Wu finally got in touch with the candidate's parents who, with Wu's help, completed the online application on the very last day.

It turned out later that the candidate didn't check his exam result because he wasn't satisfied with his performance, and thought he had failed. 

The candidate's parents were so moved by Wu's thoughtfulness that they shared the story with a local newspaper that published a special coverage on it, stirring up waves of discussion among the public.

For his exceptional work performance Wu was awarded the title of excellent public servant for many consecutive years in addition to a range of other honors. He was also named an outstanding individual in the national legal profession admission exam work by the Ministry of Justice.