Chapter 269: Be an Official (1/2)

Chapter 269: Be an Official

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Dai Li looked at Weidong Chu inexplicably.

During my recent stay in the United States, I didn't make mistakes or cause offense to somebody, did I? My training level ranks the top in the track and field team, so Weidong Chu has no reason to throw me out. And Weidong Chu also doesn't have limitless empathy to send me to make contributions to the table tennis team out of nowhere.

As Dai Li thought of these things, Weidong Chu made his explanation, ”The physical trainer in the table tennis team is quite a cushy job, which is being chased by many coaches.”

”Is it a cushy job?” Dai Li asked questioningly.

Weidong Chu nodded, ”The administrative rank of Mr. Ma is First Officer, and he is enjoying the treatment of the section chief rank. Now you should be able to understand, right? The Sports Bureau will give an administrative rank to the one who would replace Mr. Ma. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the replacement to do the job. Therefore, it is indeed a cushy job. You have been working in our provincial team for several years. I guess you will be promoted to Second Officer, if you could replace Mr. Ma temporarily.”

Second Officer! He is making me an official! Dai Li figured it out immediately.

In the cadre system of China, the first and second officers were not leading positions. Although they could also enjoy the treatment of the section chief rank, their functions and powers were definitely no match for that of the section chief and deputy section chief, who both held a leading position.

However, in the sports system, the second officer could be regarded as a low level official. Many coaches couldn't be promoted to second officer in their whole life.

In the domestic sports system, the General Administration of Sport of China of the highest level was a minister-level unit. Although addressed as ”Director”, the official-in-charge of the General Administration of Sport of China was indeed a minister-level official.

The administrative centers, which were affiliated to the General Administration of Sport of China, such as the Athletics Administrative Center, the Aquatics Administrative Center, and the Table Tennis Administrative Center, etc., were all department-level units. The principals of these administrative centers were addressed as ”Director of XXX Administrative Center”, but they were indeed department-level officials, who had reached the level of national high ranking cadres. Their ranks were equivalent to the mayor of Prefecture-level city. Some ignorant people might think the principles of those sports administrative centers were just ”low level directors”, by equating them with the workshop directors in enterprises.

In the provincial-level administrative system, the provincial sports bureau was a department-level unit. The training teams, which were affiliated to the provincial sports bureau, were normally division-level organizations. The head coach and deputy head coach of the training teams were division-level cadres and hold the leading positions.

However, the training teams were not administrative organizations with real powers. Therefore, under the division-level cadres, instead of setting section chief and deputy section chief, who held the leading positions, the first officer and second officer, who didn't hold leading positions, were set.

Of course, there were also department-level cadres and division-level cadres, who didn't hold leading positions. For instance, the ”Inspector” was a department-level rank, while the ”Investigator” was a division-level rank. In the system, these titles were prepared for cadres who were going to retire. The in-service cadres would not act as inspectors or investigators.

In the systems of science, education, culture, health and sport, the promotion of the officials was different than that of the administrative organization with real powers. It was very difficult for the frontline positions to get administrative promotions, such as the scientific research personnel, the teachers in schools, the doctors in hospitals and coaches in the sports bureaus, most of whom could not get an administrative rank.

Examples of this would be the famous doctors, who might be Directors of the hospital departments. Another example would be teachers in schools; the normal teachers didn't have any administrative ranks. The president and vice president of the schools normally would not give lessons to the students for a whole year, and this was what the reality was.