Under the leadership of the county magistrate, the deputy magistrate assists the county magistrate to complete his daily work. The deputy county magistrate is responsible for the overall work, and other deputy county magistrates assist the county magistrate in a certain aspect of the work. Deputy county magistrate, in charge of agriculture, economy, personnel, finance, establishment and other work.

In different provinces and cities, the classification and emphasis are different. In the absence of the county magistrate, the deputy magistrate is the top leader of the county government. In case of emergency, the deputy county magistrate may order it to be handled. The administrative level is generally the deputy division level. Some county party committee members and deputy county heads were transferred from provinces and cities, possibly at the department level.