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Curb your formalism

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On Tuesday, the Party Central Committee and the State Council published a notice to improve village-level governance by standardizing work affairs, signage, and certification.

The drive continues Xi Jinping's campaign to rectify formalism – which Chairman Mao railed against in the 1940s.

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