The ranking of the five most powerful leaders in the county, in order of party and government system and actual power, is generally as follows:
1.Secretary of the county party committee (department level): As the main person in charge of the county party committee, the secretary of the county party committee occupies the first place in the county-level leadership group, is responsible for presiding over the overall work of the county party committee, and has a decisive influence on the decision-making of major matters in the county.
2.Deputy secretary of the county party committee and county magistrate (department level): The county magistrate is the chief administrative officer of the county, responsible for the administrative management of the county, the implementation of national laws and regulations and the decisions of the superiors, as well as the resolutions of the county people's congress, and has greater power at the administrative implementation level.
3.Director of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress (at the department level): Although the seat may be ranked before the county magistrate in formal meetings, the actual power is usually less than that of the county party secretary and the county magistrate, and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress is mainly responsible for convening and presiding over the work of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress, supervising the implementation of the Constitution and laws, as well as the work of the people, the people's courts and the people's procuratorates at the same level.
4.Chairman of the county CPPCC (department level): The chairman of the CPPCC leads the work of the county CPPCC, is responsible for political consultation, democratic supervision and participation in politics, although he does not directly exercise executive or legislative power, but the consultative role in the process of policy formulation cannot be ignored.
5.Secretary of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection (may be a member of the Standing Committee, deputy department or department level): As the secretary of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection, the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection plays an important role in the construction of a clean and honest government and the fight against corruption, supervising the enforcement of discipline and accountability, and safeguarding the authority of party discipline and state law.
It should be noted that this ranking reflects the importance of positions and functions within the party in general, and may vary from region to region or under special circumstances.