To run the country well, let's start at county level

County-level Party chiefs are the "frontline commanders in chief", top leader Xi Jinping has said. County chiefs are often thought of as "sesame officials" who don't have much power, but Xi told 206 county Party chiefs whom he met with in Beijing that their governments have taken on more responsibility in reforms, promotion of the rule of law and the enforcement of strict Party discipline.

By training officials at the grassroots level, the governing Communist Party of China consolidates its governance foundation. In China, only villages and townships are below the county level. Counties play a key role in connecting the grassroots with the upper echelons of the State. They are the joints that link the higher and lower levels of the Party and the government.

China has more than 2,800 counties or county-level administrative regions, and a stable country is the result of the stability of its counties and prefectures. Since China pays great attention to the development of the countryside and small and medium-sized cities, counties have become a major economic engine.