#CHINA: Nearly 600 County And Regional Officials Demoted Or Transferred By Nation's Comm. Pty

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Five hundred and eighty-four officials at the county government level or above have been demoted or moved to different positions since the Communist Party of China introduced a regulation on official ranking management in July 2015. The CPC Central Committee's Organizational Department issued a notice that detailed these top-down, centralized reshuffles and demotions.