How many deputy county magistrates can a county have?

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Today we will discuss, according to the national regulations, what is the usual configuration of the chief and deputy county magistrates of a county?

It is clearly stipulated in the "Three Certain Plans" for the reform of national institutions. Generally speaking, the number of chief and deputy mayors in a county is "one chief and three deputies" or "one chief and four deputies".

But in fact, it is now very common for a county to have 5-9 deputy county heads, and some counties even have more than 10 deputy county heads. In the past few years, Jiange County, a poor county in Sichuan, was in the news because it had 14 deputy county magistrates; another county was criticized by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection because it had 17 deputy magistrates.

The deputy county magistrate(s) assist the county magistrate in completing daily work under the leadership of the county magistrate. The executive deputy county magistrate is responsible for overall work, and other deputy county magistrates assist the county magistrate in certain aspects of work.

The executive deputy county magistrate is in charge of agriculture, economy, personnel, finance, staffing, etc. The classification and focus are different in each province and city. When the county magistrate is absent, the executive deputy county magistrate is the top leader of the county government and faces emergencies. If the situation arises, the executive deputy county magistrate may order the matter to be dealt with. The administrative level is generally the deputy division level. In some cases, some county committee members and deputy county magistrates are transferred from provinces and cities, and may be at the division level.

3. Deputy county magistrate responsible for urban construction. Mainly in charge of departments such as housing construction, environment, housing expropriation, real estate, urban management (comprehensive law enforcement), etc.

4. The person in charge is the deputy county magistrate of agriculture. Mainly in charge of agriculture and rural areas, immigration, forestry, water affairs, traditional Chinese medicine industry, poverty alleviation and other departments.

5. Deputy county magistrate in charge of social economy. Mainly in charge of industry and information technology, market supervision, investment promotion, power supply, postal and other departments.

6. Deputy county magistrate responsible for science, education, culture and health. Mainly in charge of education, radio and television, health commission and other departments.

In addition to the executive deputy county magistrate, there is also a deputy county magistrate who is concurrently a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee.

Generally, counties have no less than 6 deputy county magistrates, and there are basically eight deputy magistrates on temporary posts. Coupled with the director of the county office, a regular county meeting will form a situation of one chief, eight deputies and one office.