2. In the administrative organs, the section chief is both a position and a rank, which is the lowest rank in the administrative sequence.

3. In county-level government departments, the section chief is not a position, but a rank, which is equivalent to the director of a bureau, and the rank is a section; In government departments at the prefecture (city) level, the section chief is a middle-level cadre, that is, a position and a rank (some government departments at the prefecture (city) level call the section chief the section chief in order to upgrade the grade, but its essence is still the section chief); In provincial (city) government departments, there is no section chief, and the smallest is the deputy director (deputy division level).

4. In enterprises and institutions, the section chief is a position, not a rank, which is equivalent to the middle-level cadre of the unit.