The Examination Yuan (traditional Chinese: 考試院; pinyin: Kǎoshì Yuàn) is in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants in the Republic of China. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES It is one of the five government branches ("yuans") of the ROC government. As a special branch of government under the Three Principles of the People, it may (retrospectively) be compared with the European Personnel Selection Office of the European Union or the Office of Personnel Management of the United States of America. The Three Principles of the People, also Translated as Three People's Principles, or collectively San-min Doctrine, is a Political Philosophy The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO is responsible for selecting staff to work for the Institutions of the European Union ( European Parliament, the The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Founded by Chinese nationalists at the beginning of the 20th century, the Examination Yuan is based on the old Imperial examination system used in premodern China. The Imperial examinations ( in Imperial China determined who among the population would be permitted to enter the state's Bureaucracy. Its first minister was Tai Chi-tao. Tai Chi-tao (戴季陶 Pinyin: Dài Jìtáo 1890 - February 21, 1949) was a Chinese journalist an early Kuomintang member and the