The director of Changde Forestry Bureau is a cadre at the level of prefecture-level cities. The director of the Forestry Bureau of a prefecture-level city is the county level, which is equivalent to the level of an ordinary county magistrate and district head. The director of the Forestry Bureau of a municipality directly under the Central Government is the director of the provincial education department, the mayor of a prefecture-level city and the director of the provincial industrial and commercial bureau. The deputy provincial director of the Municipal Forestry Bureau is the deputy department level. It is equivalent to the level of deputy director of the Provincial Department of Education, deputy mayor of prefecture-level cities and deputy director of the Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce. The director of the county-level forestry bureau is the main hall level, which is equivalent to the ordinary township head and mayor level.