China inspections

Chinese employees are usually afraid of accountability. They prefer not to give a green light in a written form. But it is important to help them understand how to do their job properly — then everything becomes easier.
And they often say they aspire to “freedom”, by which they mean “no rules, no constraints, no authority”. My conclusion is that rules should be adapted to the situation and that the staff should be able to suggest changes in these rules. But we really, really can’t do without rules.