新近颁布的《中华人民共和国公务员法》第54条规定:公务员执行公务时,认为上级的决定或者命令有错误的,可以向上级提出改正或者撤销该决定或者命令的意见;上级不改变该决定或者命令,或者要求立即执行的,公务员应当执行该决定或者命令,执行的后果由上级负责,公务员不承担责任;但 Article 54 of the newly promulgated Law of the People’s Republic of China on Civil Servants states that when a civil servant executes a public order and considers that the superior’s decision or order is erroneous, he may raise an opinion to the superior at correcting or withdrawing the decision or order; the superior does not change the decision or Order, or require immediate execution, the civil servant shall implement the decision or order, the consequences of the execution shall be handled by the higher authorities and civil servants shall not be liable; but