“引咎辞职”和“官员问责”是20014年春末夏初中国社会的两个关键词,并可能成为此后中国政治生活中的两个重要的政治术语。在中石油总经理马富才、密云县县长张文、吉林市市长刚占标引咎辞职后,中共中央批准实施了《党政干部辞职暂行规定》,其中规定:“党政领导干部因工作严 ”Blame and Resignation“ and ”Official Accountability“ are two key words of Chinese society in late spring and early summer of 2014 and may become two important political terms in Chinese political life thereafter. After General Manager Ma Fucai of PetroChina, Zhang Wen, the mayor of Miyun County, and the mayor of Jilin City just took the blame and resigned, the CPC Central Committee approved and implemented the Interim Provisions on the Resignation of Party and Government Cadres, which stipulated that ”