The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Before the New Bureau Chief Arrives.
This movie made in the early era of the People's Republic is a very mild criticism of bureaucracy. Such criticism was what China really needed and still is today. But very unfortunately, even criticism as mild as this was not tolerated and just merely a year later after this movie was made, Mao started the Anti-Rightists Movement in 1957, and the desperately needed criticism was silenced for more than four decades, and China has suffered greatly at the same time due to the continuous political movements.
