Liaoning sets good example with its administrative reform efforts

NORTHEAST CHINA'S LIAONING PROVINCE has cut 10 percent of its administrative offices and 296 administrative jobs, of which 192 are officials at the vice-county level or above, since it commenced a new round of administrative reforms in the second half of 2016. Beijing News comments:

Too much bureaucracy has long been a problem, yet reducing it has remained a slow process. Officials hold much power in hand and there are all kinds of interests behind them, so reform encounters much resistance.

That's why Liaoning's efforts are especially notable. By successfully cutting 10 percent of all the government offices at the provincial level, it has won a hard-fought battle and shown the whole country the province's determination to carry out administrative reform.