The phrase "lower officials" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a particular class of government or corporate employees who have lower positions and/or authority than other personnel. For example, "The president decided to reorganize the company and appointed new lower officials to manage the day-to-day operations."
The country's top food quality official, Li Changjiang, resigned while lower officials were fired or arrested.
"The actions of lower officials are very much driven by how higher officials are rewarding and punishing them".
His execution was interpreted as the party's way of sending a stern message warning lower officials to toe the line.
Xinhua, the state news agency, reported Tuesday night that after an investigation, two county-level or lower officials were fired, and five others received warnings or demerits.
In the past, the country's lower officials had strong incentives to say they had met the government's rising targets for fish catches.
Elated AIDS advocates praised Mr. Wen's appearance as a pivotal moment that could reduce the stigma surrounding the disease and send an important signal to lower officials.
Lower official inflation means higher reported real G.D.P., higher reported real income and higher reported productivity.
Next month is the seventh anniversary of the Bank of England's decision to lower official interest rates to 0.5%.
Despite lower official quotas, nearly all the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are producing as much oil as possible to cash in on the high prices, and most major non-OPEC producers are doing the same.
The lower official number has meant the government has made a net saving on its inflation-linked bonds of $1.7 billion, according to a former finance official.The government also gets involved in private business dealings that should be beyond its remit.
Of course, the economy was stronger in 2000 than it is today, with a lower official unemployment rate — the share of people not working and actively looking for work — than today.
