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More red tape, less progress: China’s cadres struggle to adopt ‘error tolerance’

Banyuetan says local officials are overwhelmed by paperwork, scripted meetings and compliance checks that leave less time for substantive work.

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Beijing has long called for easing the burden of local cadres and reining in formalism and bureaucratic excess - a long-standing challenge within China’s vast administrative system.

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More red tape, less progress: China’s cadres struggle to adopt ‘error tolerance’

Sapping time, energy and morale, bureaucratic practices keep weighing down local officials across the country, report finds.

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
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