According to Xinhua, the Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council have issued a 4,000 word, 21-point directive, ordering provincial and local government officials to root out “pointless formalities”, schedule fewer meetings, give shorter speeches, and limit official documents to no more than 5,000 words in an effort to “devote more energy to implementation”.
What do you think?
“Our unit’s weekly meeting about reducing meetings has been extended to two hours to give everyone a chance to share how much shorter their speeches are now.”
“Seems like a wash to be honest. Sure, office meetings are shorter, but that just gives Uncle Lao more time to tell boring stories about growing up under Deng Xiaoping.”
“I thought I’d enjoy shorter speeches, but now I just spend all that saved time trying to figure out what they didn’t say, but still want me to think.”
Wang Haoran, 25
Third Deputy Undersecretary for Municipal Statue Placement
Liu Meiyun, 27
Provisional Liaison for Harmonized Weather Reporting Between Civilian and Military Umbrella Units
Chen Zemin, 69
Vice-Chair of the Emergency Task Group on Non-Critical Redundancy Elimination
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