Heartaches, headaches and hukou: how China’s bureaucracy tangled people in red tape
Can the launch of the anti-red tape campaign, ‘one stop, one trip, one paper’ really allow citizens to complete their dealings with the government in just one visit?
Whether it is bouncing between various departments to accomplish simple requests, enduring long application processes or trying to keep up with new rules that arrive without warning, bureaucracy is a reality of life for most people – regardless of where they live.
In China, however, the problem has caught the government’s attention, resulting in the launch of its “one stop, one trip, one paper” movement.
That means that, ideally, citizens should be able to achieve their goals by paying just one visit to the relevant government department.
On that note, here are seven recent cases of red tape tying up Chinese citizens.