delegate power; transfer cadres to lower levels
Meanings
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to delegate power to lower-level institutions; to decentralize authority
Commonly used in administrative, governmental, or corporate contexts regarding the transfer of decision-making authority to local or subordinate units.
The government delegated part of the approval authority to municipal departments.
The company decided to decentralize management authority to its branch offices.
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Decentralization of power helps improve efficiency at the grassroots level.
verb
to transfer cadres to lower-level units or to rural areas, factories, or mines for training or labor
Often used in political or organizational contexts, historically associated with policies of sending intellectuals or officials to experience manual labor at the grassroots level during specific political movements.
Many cadres were transferred to the countryside to participate in labor training.
He was once transferred to work in a factory for three years when he was young.
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Transferring cadres for labor was an important policy at that time.