Chinese planning typically involves hierarchical cascading where higher-level plans establish direction that lower-level plans elaborate and implement. Strategic plans guide operational plans; organizational plans guide individual plans; national plans guide local plans. This cascading structure distributes planning responsibility appropriately—higher levels plan direction and priorities, lower levels plan implementation and specifics—while creating alignment so that efforts at various levels combine coherently. Understanding your planning level and its relationship to levels above and below is essential. Ensure your plans align with and support higher-level direction while providing appropriate guidance for levels below.
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