Vignette. Rectify formalism! [0014] 3 April 2026 Reference. Chinese leaders take aim at 'pointless' meetings and 'bureaucratism' [afp2025] 6 August 2025 AFP Hong Kong Free Press https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/06/chinese-leaders-take-aim-at-pointless-meetings-and-bureaucratism/ ‘The 21-point directive on “rectifying formalism” is more than 4,000 words long, according to an AFP count.