China moves to ease low-level officials out from endless meetings, reports and red tape

China moves to ease low-level officials out from endless meetings, reports and red tape

During last month’s third plenum, China also announced plans to improve mechanisms aimed at reducing “pointless formalities and bureaucratism”. The published resolution emphasised the need to streamline meetings, documents and initiatives while curtailing community-level inspections and evaluations. It said there would be efforts to enhance the quality of research and make such activities less frequent. … Read more

China’s anti-graft watchdog calls out local governments for ‘diseases’ of bogus businesses, fake data, phony ‘likes’

China’s anti-graft watchdog calls out local governments for ‘diseases’ of bogus businesses, fake data, phony ‘likes’

Some local governments in China have been fabricating the number of businesses in their regions – a key indicator of economic recovery – and in one case set hard targets for towns to register fake businesses, the country’s top anti-corruption watchdog said on Monday. In an official notice, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) … Read more