Government Administrative Council
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On October 21, 1949, the Government Administrative Council (the Cabinet) of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established. Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the Administrative Council, chaired the first cabinet meeting.
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong declared the formation of the People's Republic of China at the Tian'anmen Rostrum.
In September 1954, according to the Constitution that was passed at the first National People's Congress, the Administrative Council was renamed as State Council.
