Complex sentence: Meanwhile, the Central Committee could not transfer raw materials efficiently among areas and sectors, because local governments did not adjust the country's newest production objective, which meant they thought they had finished the task and begun to stock raw materials.
Split into simpler sentences: Meanwhile, the Central Committee could not transfer raw materials efficiently among areas and sectors, because local governments did not adjust the country's newest production objective. This meant they thought they had finished the task and begun to stock raw materials.