BEIJING- China will launch an ethic training campaign for all the country's civil servants over the next five years, according to a statement from the State Administration of Civil Service on Wednesday.

All civil servants will be trained by the end of 2015, the last year of the country's 12th Five-Year Plan period, and they are required to complete a training course of no less than six classroom hours, the statement said.

Ethic training should be made a compulsory part in civil servants' job training, the statement said.

The campaign will focus on training leading officials and the grassroots civil servants who work in direct contact with the public, the statement said.

According to the statement, the training will include lectures and case studies to improve the civil servants' loyalty to the country and the people as well as their sense of responsibility and honesty.

Ethic performance will always be taken as an important standard in civil servant selection, assessment and supervision, the statement said.