The levels of leadership positions are divided into: national chief, national deputy, provincial chief, provincial deputy, bureau chief, bureau deputy, county deputy, county deputy, township deputy and township deputy. Township-level cadres belong to the lowest-level leaders, and then there are clerks, so they can't be called leaders. Section is the ninth level in leadership positions, and the township head, secretary and county bureau director are all section heads.

After the implementation of the new civil service law, there are two lines: position and rank. At the departmental level, it can also be understood as real departments and non-real departments. For example, at the town level, the secretary of the town party Committee, the mayor and the chairman of the town people's congress are all section-level leaders and are real departments. In addition, there will be some second-level directors and first-level directors who do not hold leadership positions. These are all non-real departments.

The deputy secretary of the town party Committee, the member of the town party Committee, the deputy mayor and the vice chairman of the town people's congress are all metre leaders. In addition, there will be some four-level section chiefs and three-level section chiefs who do not hold leadership positions, which are minor courses in non-real positions.

Department-level treatment can be understood as income treatment, political treatment, work treatment and social status treatment. The same is a department-level cadre. In different units, the treatment is different.