Abstract: Some important theoretical problems concerning the public selection of leading staff from ethic angle are discussed in the article such as establishment of reasonable value quotas and the flexible combination of loyalty & expertise;stimulation of fair competition and the combination of recommendation,appointment and open selection contest;promotion of professional justice so as to realize the combination of unified norms and flexible ones,all-round ability and special expertise;realization of equal competition of persisting in the principles of treating equally without discrimination or using connection so as to carry the reformation in a deep-going way.

Key words: open selection of leading cadres, cadre system reform, ethics