First-level inspectors are regarded by many people as department-level cadres, but in reality, why are they inferior to deputy directors? This is to find the answer from the position and rank system of civil servants in our country. Everyone is familiar with the leadership positions of civil servants, that is, the national, provincial and ministerial levels, the department and bureau level, the county department level and the township section level, each level is divided into two levels, the principal and the deputy level, a total of 10 levels of leadership positions. In addition to this, civil servants also have a hierarchy of ranks, which is the previous level of non-leadership positions. At present, the rank sequence of civil servants is divided into: inspector, researcher, chief clerk and clerk, and each level is divided into several levels, with a total of 12 rank sequences.
The current parallel system of civil servants' positions and ranks also makes there more overlap between job sequences and rank sequences. In terms of the correspondence between the two, the department and bureau level corresponds to the inspector; Corresponding investigators at the county and department level; Township section level corresponding to the chief clerk. Specifically, the level of the main department is equivalent to the level of the first-level inspector, and the level of the deputy department is the same as the level of the second-level inspector, and the positions and ranks can be transferred to each other or concurrently.
For example, the deputy director of the department can be promoted to the first level of inspector and enjoy the treatment of the main department; Second-level inspectors may also be directly transferred to the deputy director of the department, changing from a non-leadership position to a deputy department-level leadership position with real power. Therefore, according to the rank of this civil servant, we can clearly know that the deputy director is a leading position at the deputy department level, and the first-level inspector is a non-leading position that enjoys the treatment of the rank of the main department. So why does the deputy director have a higher status than the first level inspector? Let's take a closer look.
First of all, the deputy director is generally the deputy leader of the department and bureau-level unit under the ministry or the deputy leader of the provincial functional department. For example, the deputy director of the provincial public security department is a deputy department-level leader, and in terms of status, he is the leader of the entire provincial department, and he is one of the members of the party group of the provincial department, and has absolute power in the field he is responsible for. Although the level of the first-level inspector is the same as that of the director, the salary, housing, medical care and other benefits are also the same as that of the director, which is one level higher than that of the deputy director. However, this does not mean that the first-level inspector has more real power and status in the provincial department.
This is mainly because the first-level inspector is a non-leadership position, and does not have the leadership authority to manage a certain aspect of the work of a certain department, that is, it is often said that there is only salary and no political treatment. Theoretically speaking, the deputy director is undoubtedly the leader of the provincial department, but the first-level inspector is not necessarily, mainly depending on whether he still holds a leadership position, and the difference between concurrently and not is very big.
According to the provisions of the system of parallel positions and ranks of civil servants, first-level inspectors are generally promoted from leading positions at the deputy department level or second-level inspectors who have served for three years. However, in reality, it is very rare for a second-level inspector to be directly promoted to a first-level inspector. Therefore, the first-level inspectors are basically promoted by the leaders of the deputy departments of the provincial departments. For example, the provincial public security department often has a number of deputy directors promoted to the rank of first-class inspector and enjoy the treatment of the department level.
This kind of situation in which the Deputy Director of the Department is concurrently holding the rank of Ombudsman I is very common and is the situation where the status and influence of the Ombudsman I is the greatest. That is to say, he has the real power of a deputy department-level leader, and at the same time enjoys the treatment of a department-level director. However, the Deputy Director of the Department is also the First Ombudsman, although he or she is of a higher rank than the Deputy Director. However, rank promotion does not increase political rights. Therefore, even a first-level inspector who also serves as a deputy department is still a leading cadre at the deputy department level and cannot command other deputy department directors.
If the deputy director of the department is promoted to the first-level inspector, he no longer concurrently holds the leadership position of the deputy director, or the director of the department at the department level is transferred to the first-level inspector. Then they no longer have a leadership position, and at this time, they can no longer be regarded as department leaders in theory, and their status and real power naturally cannot be compared with the deputy director. In practice, therefore, the status and authority of the Deputy Director and the First Ombudsman are not absolute, depending mainly on their tenure.