Let R be a ring with identity. We use J(R), G(R), and X(R) to denote the Jacobson radical, the group of all units, and the set of all nonzero nonunits in R, respectively. A ring is said to be Abelian if every idempotent is central. It is shown, for an Abelian ring R and an idempotent-lifting ideal N ⊆ J(R) of R, that R has a complete set of primitive idempotents if and only if R/N has a complete set of primitive idempotents. The structure of an Abelian ring R is completely determined in relation with the local property when X(R) is a union of 2, 3, 4, and 5 orbits under the left regular action on X(R) by G(R). For a semiperfect ring R which is not local, it is shown that if G(R) is a cyclic group with 2 ∈ G(R), then R is finite. We lastly consider two sorts of conditions for G(R) to be an Abelian group.