According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Legal Professional Edition. Com knows that the director general, the modern official name, is above the deputy director general. Formerly called bureau level, it is mainly the secretary of the municipal party committee, the mayor, the director of the municipal people's congress, the chairman of the CPPCC, and provincial subordinate units, such as the director of the provincial public security department and the subordinate units of various ministries and commissions of the state, such as the director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, the director level is a departmental official.
"Parallel Provisions on Civil Servants' Positions and Ranks" Article 2 The state determines the sequence of civil servants' leadership positions and ranks according to their positions and responsibilities. As mentioned in these Provisions, the supervisor level is the rank sequence of civil servants, which is a promotion channel in parallel with leadership positions, reflecting the political quality, professional ability and length of service contribution of civil servants, and is an important basis for determining benefits such as wages, housing and medical care, and does not have leadership responsibilities. Civil servants can be promoted through leadership positions or ranks. Civil servants who hold leadership positions perform leadership duties, while civil servants who do not hold leadership positions accept leadership and command and perform their duties according to their subordinate relationship.