According to a report in the Zhanjiang Daily, Guangdong Province, after the slogans were shouted, "playing empty city," "picking the light and fearing the heavy, just doing a show," "rolling up sleeves and watching from the side," "taking a detour when encountering difficulties"... 28 "lying flat" officials in Mazhang District have been adjusted.

On a certain date, Mazhang District introduced the "Pilot Scheme on Assessing and Managing the Performance of Leading Officials through Talent Discrimination and Incompetence Treatment." The Scheme emphasizes observing and distinguishing individuals through their actions, giving "green lights" to those who work diligently and "yellow lights" to those who remain inactive. Secretary of the District Committee, Chen Zheng, stated in an interview with reporters, "Mazhang aims to ensure that those who contribute are recognized, those who endure hardships are valued, and those who remain inactive are awakened."

Mazhang District is located in the western part of Zhanjiang City, serving as a transportation hub connecting the east and west of Zhanjiang. The district is traversed by the Lijin Railway, Donghai Railway, and Yuehai Railway. Within the district, there are provincial economic and technological development zones, industrial agglomeration areas, and scale-up enterprises. The district has formed industrial clusters in sectors such as paper manufacturing, equipment manufacturing, aquatic product processing, flower and seedling cultivation, biomedicine, and printing and packaging. Currently, the district's cadres are focusing on the implementation of reforms with a spirit of perseverance, accelerating the drive for Mazhang's leapfrog and high-quality development. However, there are a few cadres who exhibit a "lying flat mentality," characterized by sluggish work style, buck-passing, perfunctory duties, which seriously hinder the development process.

Last year, the district formulated the "Negative Information Collection and Management List for Leaders and Cadres in Mazhang District" and collected negative information related to cadres through channels such as letters and visits, discipline inspection and supervision, and inspection and auditing. Subsequently, the district party committee's organization department organized specialized personnel to sort, classify, verify, identify, and register the information into a database, ensuring "one person, one file." Following this, the district party committee organized research teams to conduct in-depth investigations into "lying flat" cadres in individual towns, district-level units, and construction sites. The research teams used methods such as individual interviews, democratic evaluations, reviewing documents, soliciting opinions, and on-site observations to accurately "profile" the types of "lying flat" cadres who shirk responsibilities, avoid hard tasks, make empty promises, and perfunctorily fulfill duties.

In the current month, the district committee has made adjustments to several "lying flat" officials. Among them, Deputy Director Chen of a certain unit under the district-level government was reassigned due to his sluggish work style and delayed project progress. Zhang, a first-level clerk in a district-level government unit, was reassigned for shirking responsibilities and neglecting personal development. A member of the leadership team in a township, Lu, was reassigned for empty sloganeering and being out of form. Mo, a deputy leader of a district-level government department, was reassigned for perfunctory work and lax study habits.

In addition, the district has further improved the fault tolerance and error correction mechanism, clearing the names and providing support for officials who dare to take responsibility. On a certain date, the Standing Committee of Mazhang District Committee held an enlarged meeting to address the issue of officials' inaction and timidity, and decided to establish a management database for "lying flat" officials, implementing dynamic management. Officials who show good transformation effects will be promptly removed from the database, allowing "lying flat" officials to "stand up."