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===[[Ministry of Railways]]===
 
===[[Ministry of Railways]]===
  
===20. [[Ministry of Transportation]]===
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===[[Ministry of Transportation]]===
An organ of the [[State Council]] in charge of highway and waterway transportation, the ministry has such major responsibilities as to formulate development strategies, policies, guidelines, regulations for highway and waterway industries and supervise their implementation, draw up development plans, long- and medium-term plans for highway and waterway transport industries and supervise their implementation, take charge of statistics and information guidance of the transport industry, take care of macro-control of the transportation of the country's key materials and urgent cargo and passengers, organize and implement engineering construction of key national highway and waterway transportation, guide the reform of the transportation industrial system; maintain the order of equal competition in the highway and waterway transportation industry, provide guidance to the optimization of the structure and concerted development of the transport industry; formulate scientific and technological policies, technical standards and specifications for the transport industry, organize key science and technology development projects and promote the technical progress of the transport industry.
 
  
The ministry consists of ten departments: the general affairs office, restructuring policy and regulation department, comprehensive planning department, finance department, labor and personnel department, highway department, waterway transportation department, science, technology and education department, [[international]] cooperation department and public security bureau.
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===[[Ministry of Industry Information Technology]] ===
  
=== 21. [[Ministry of Information Industry]] ===
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===[[Ministry of Water Resources]]===
  
A [[State Council]] office in charge of the manufacture of electronic and information products, [[telecommunication]] industry and the [[software]] industry, promotion of information in the national [[economy]] and social services in the country, the ministry shoulders such major responsibilities as to study and formulate development strategies, policies, guidelines and overall planning of the national information industry, promote the development of information in the national economy and social services, draft laws and prepare regulations, and promulgate administrative regulations on the electronic and information product manufacturing industry, telecommunication industry and the software industry, take charge of the administrative law-enforcement and the supervision of [[law-enforcement]]; study and formulate plans for the development of information in the national economy, assist industrial enterprises and institutions to promote key national information development projects. It also oversees the [[State Post Bureau]].
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=== [[Ministry of Agriculture]] ===
  
The ministry is made up of 13 departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, comprehensive planning department, science and technology department, economic restructuring and operation department, telecommunication administrative bureau, economic regulation and telecommunication settlement department, electronic and information product department, military-use electronics bureau, information promotion department, wireless administrative bureau, foreign affairs department, and personnel department.
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===[[Ministry of Commerce]]===
  
===22. [[Ministry of Water Resources]]===
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===[[Ministry of Culture]]===
  
A branch of the [[State Council]] in charge of the administration of water, the ministry has such tasks as to formulate policies, regulations, development strategies, long- and medium-term plans of water conservation, draft related laws, regulations and supervise their implementation; and exercise unified management of water resources.
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===[[Ministry of Health]]===
  
The ministry consists of ten departments: the general affairs office, planning department, water resource and hydrology department, economic regulation department, labor and personnel department, international cooperation, science and education department, construction and management department, water and soil conservation department, and rural water conservation department.
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===[[State Population and Family Planning Commission]]===
  
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===[[People's Bank of China]]===
  
=== 23. [[Ministry of Agriculture]] ===
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===[[National Auditing Office]]===
 
 
This is an office of the [[State Council]] in charge of rural areas and rural [[economic development]]8. Its major responsibilities are to study and formulate development strategies, long- and medium-term development plans for agriculture and rural economy and organize the implementation of such strategies and plans, study and draw up industrial policies for agriculture, take care of the drafting of various agricultural laws and regulations, study and propose opinions on deepening economic restructuring of the rural economy; represent the state to exercise the rights of inspection, administration of the fishery industry and the supervision and management of fishing harbors; draft laws and regulations on animal and plant disease prevention and inspection, organize and supervise disease prevention and inspection of animals and plants in the country, conduct inter-governmental matters concerning agriculture, organize international economic and technological exchange and cooperation, and undertake the routine work of the State Council's Leading Group for Poverty Relief and Development.
 
 
 
The ministry consists of 16 departments: the general affairs office, labor and personnel department, industrial policy and regulation department, rural economic structure and operation department, market and economic information department, development planning department, finance department, international cooperation department, science, technology and education department, plant cultivation industry department, agricultural mechanization department, animal husbandry and veterinary bureau, agricultural reclamation bureau, rural enterprise bureau, fishery bureau, and office of the State Council's Leading Group for Poverty Relief and Development.
 
 
 
===24. [[Ministry of Commerce]]===
 
 
 
In charge of domestic and international [[trade]] and international economic cooperation, the ministry has such major responsibilities as to study and formulate policies and regulations for standardizing market operation and circulation order, promote the establishment and improvement of the market system, deepen the [[reform]] of the circulation system, monitor and analyze [[market]] operation and the situation of commodity supply and demand, conduct international economic operation, coordinate [[anti-damping]], [[anti-subsidy]] matters and investigate the harm such acts have brought to industries.
 
 
 
The ministry has 25 departments and offices: the general affairs office, personnel, education and labor department, policy research office, law department, planning and finance department, Asian affairs department, Northwest [[Asian]] and [[African]] affairs department, [[Europe]] department, [[America]] and Oceania department, [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macao]] office, international economic and trade relations department, [[WTO]] department, foreign trade department, machinery and electric equipment import and export department, scientific development and technological trade department, market system department, commerce reform and development department, market operations regulation office, foreign investment department, external aid department, external economic cooperation department, import and export fair trade bureau, industrial damage investigation bureau, information technology department, and foreign affairs department.
 
 
 
===25. [[Ministry of Culture]]===
 
 
 
A functional department of the [[State Council]] in charge of culture and art undertakings, the ministry has such major responsibilities as to study and formulate policies, guidelines and regulations on culture and art and supervise their implementation, study and map out development strategies and plans of cultural undertakings, provide guidance to the reform of the cultural system, take charge of literary and art undertakings, offer guidance to artistic creation, and production, give assistance to representative, demonstrative and experimental artistic forms, take charge of overall management of major national cultural activities, plan and guide the construction of key national cultural facilities, take overall responsibility of administering the cultural market, formulate development plans for the cultural market, manage libraries, and oversee the [[State Cultural Relics Bureau]].
 
 
 
The ministry has ten departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, planning and finance department, personnel department, art department, education, science and technology department, cultural market department, cultural industry department, social cultural department and bureau for external cultural exchanges.
 
 
 
===26. [[Ministry of Health]]===
 
 
 
Major responsibilities of the ministry are to study, draft and formulate laws, regulations, policies and guidelines on health work, review and put forward development plans and strategic goals for health undertakings, formulate technical and health standards and supervise their implementation, study and propose regional health plans, overall plans and coordinate the distribution of national health resources, map out community health service plans and service standards, provide guidance to the implementation of health plans; conduct national health education, draw up plans for the prevention and cure of diseases that pose serious harm to groups of people, organize comprehensive prevention and cure of serious diseases, publicize quarantines against infectious diseases and monitor infectious disease catalog; study and offer guidance to reform of the medical structure, stipulate vocational standards for medical staff, medical quality and service standards and supervise their implementation; review and draw up key national plans for medical science and education development, organize key national scientific research projects in medicine and health, direct the popularization and application of medical scientific research achievements. It also oversees the State [[Traditional Chinese Medicine]] Administration.
 
 
 
The ministry is made up of ten departments: the general affairs office, personnel department, planning and finance department, health legal system and supervision department, grassroots health and care of women and children department, medical administrative department, disease control department, science, technology and education department, international cooperation department and health care bureau.
 
 
 
===27. [[State Population and Family Planning Commission]]===
 
The commission's major responsibilities are to draw up guidelines and policies for [[family planning]], organize and draft laws and regulations concerning population and family planning, assist related departments to formulate social and economic policies, promote the comprehensive handling of population and family planning work, study [[China]]'s [[population]] development strategy, and draw up long- and medium-term as well as annual plans for family planning in the country, in accordance with population control targets decided by the [[State Council]].
 
 
 
The commission consists of seven departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, planning and finance department, publicity and education department, science and technology department, personnel department and international cooperation department.
 
 
 
===28.[[People's Bank of China]]===
 
 
 
The [[central bank]] of China, it is a branch of the [[State Council]] in charge of formulating and implementing monetary policies and exercise macro-control of the monetary sector. Its main responsibilities are to formulate and implement monetary policies according to law; issue Renminbi, and manage its circulation; examine, approve and supervise monetary institutions according to regulations; supervise and manage the monetary market; publicize orders and regulations on the management and business operations of the financial industry; hold, manage and operate China's [[foreign exchange reserve]] and gold reserve; manage the [[national treasury]]; maintain the normal operation of the payment and settlement systems; be in charge of the statistics, investigation, analysis and forecast of the monetary industry; conduct other monetary business; and perform related international monetary activities in the capacity of China's central bank. It also oversees the [[State Administration of Foreign Exchange]].
 
 
 
Its departments include: the general affairs office, law and regulation department, monetary policy department, statistics department, accounting and finance department, payment science and technology department, international department, domestic auditing department, personnel and education department.
 
 
 
===29. [[National Auditing Office]]===
 
 
 
Major responsibilities of the office are to review and formulate auditing policies and guidelines, take part in the formulation of laws and regulations concerning auditing, finance and [[economy]], stipulate auditing regulations and rules and supervise their implementation, handle the review and registration of local auditing regulation and rules, direct, coordinate and supervise the operation of auditing institutions at various levels; report auditing results to the State Council and departments of the [[State Council]], put forward suggestions for and improve related policies, regulations and macro-control measures; directly conduct following auditing areas in accordance with [[China]]'s auditing: law implementation of the central budget and other financial revenue and expenditure, financial revenue and expenditure of various central government organs, institutions and their subsidiaries, implementation of the budgets of provincial governments and their final accounts, revenues and expenditure of the central bank and assets, debts, losses and gains of central monetary institutions, the financial revenue and expenditure of social security funds managed by departments of the State Council or social organizations entrusted by the State Council, environmental protection funds, social donations and other funds and capitals, financial revenue and expenditure of aid and loans by foreign organizations and governments as well as any other items to be audited by the National Auditing Office as prescribed by laws and regulations; submit to the premier of the State Council on the implementation of the central budget and auditing result, submit to the Standing Committee of the [[National People's Congress]], as entrusted by the State Council, the auditing results on the implementation of the central budget and other financial revenue and expenditure; organize the implementation of industrial and trade auditing, special auditing and investigative auditing on the carrying out of state policies and macro-control of finance and economy, organize local auditing bodies to conduct auditing on the economic responsibilities of officials during their term of office, handle the appeal of reviews lodged by audited institutions against auditing decisions of auditing organs; work together with provincial governments to jointly lead provincial auditing organs, cooperatively handle the appointment and removal of leaders of provincial auditing organs, administer offices of special auditors stationed in different regions; cooperate with special inspectors to conduct supervision and auditing of key and large national enterprises and key national construction projects in accordance with regulations and decisions of the State Council, organize auditing and supervision of other state-owned enterprises and national construction projects; carry out guidance and supervision of domestic auditing; supervise auditing business qualities of social auditing organizations; conduct special training in the auditing field and carry out international exchange in the auditing field.
 
 
 
The office is made up of 12 departments: the general affairs office, legal system department, financial auditing department, monetary auditing department, government administrations and institutions auditing department, economic and trade auditing department, agriculture, resources and environmental protection auditing department, social security auditing department, fixed asset investment auditing department, foreign capital utilization auditing department, foreign affairs department, personnel and education department.
 
 
 
  
 
== Organizations directly under the State Council: ==
 
== Organizations directly under the State Council: ==
  
1. General Administration of Customs
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1. [[General Administration of Customs]]
An administrative law-enforcement institution in the area of customs, it is charged with such tasks as to study and map out the policies, guidelines, regulations and development plans for the work of the customs and supervise their implementation, administer all customs offices in the country from the central to the local levels; study and draw up the regulations and implementation rules for the collection of tariffs, organize the collection of import-export tariff and the management of other taxes, implement in accordance with law anti-damping and anti-subsidy measures; implement customs search and assume unified responsibility of combating smuggling.
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2. [[State Administration of Taxation]]
 
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3. [[State Environmental Protection Administration]]
The GAC consists of ten departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, tariff collection and administration department, customs clearance department, supervision department, comprehensive statistics department, investigation department, international cooperation department, personnel and education department, finance, science and technology department.
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4. [[General Administration of Civil Aviation of China]]
 
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5. [[State Administration of Radio, Film and Television]]
2. State Administration of Taxation
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6. [[State General Administration of Sports]]
It mainly carries such responsibilities as to draft laws and regulations on tax collection and formulate implementation rules accordingly, put forward suggestions on taxation policies and, jointly with the Ministry of Finance, review, submit, and draw up implementation measures, study the general level of taxes, put forward proposals on macro-control through the method of collecting taxes, draw up and supervise the implementation of taxation regulations.
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7. [[National Bureau of Statistics]]
 
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8. [[State Administration of Industry and Commerce]]
The administration is made up of 12 departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, circulation tax department, income tax department, local tax department, import-export tax collection department, collection department, inspection and search bureau, finance department, planning and statistics department and personnel department.
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9. [[General Administration of Press and Publication]]
 
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10. [[State Forestry Administration]]
3. State Environmental Protection Administration
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11. [[State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and Quarantine]]
The administration shoulders such major tasks as to draw up state policies, guidelines and regulations for environmental protection, formulate administrative regulations, make appraisals of, as entrusted by the State Council, the impact on environment by important economic and technological policies, and development plans, draw up national plans for the protection of environment, map out and supervise the implementation of key pollution prevention and treatment plans and ecological protection plans in key areas and along rivers and lakes as designated by the state, compile the definition of division of environmental protection functions; investigate serious environment pollution incidences and ecological destruction cases, coordinate inter-provincial pollution disputes, take charge of environment supervision and administrative inspection for environmental protection, conduct nationwide inspection and law-enforcement activities for environmental protection.
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12. [[State Food and Drug Supervision Administration]]
 
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13. [[State Intellectual Property Office]]
It is made up of ten departments: the general affairs office, planning and finance department, policy and regulation department, administrative system and personnel department, scientific and technological standards department, pollution control department, natural ecological protection department, nuclear safety and environmental radiation department, supervision department and international cooperation department.
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14. [[National Tourism Administration]]
 
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15. [[State Administration of Religious Affairs]]
4. General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
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16. [[Counselors' Office of the State Council]]
The administration is charged with such tasks as to study and put forward policies, guidelines and strategies for the development of the civil aviation industry, draft laws and regulations for civil aviation, and supervise their implementation once they are adopted, promote and guide structural reform of the civil aviation industry and enterprise reform.
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17. [[Government Offices Administration of the State Council]]
 
 
It is made up of 11 departments: the general affairs office, air safety office, regulation planning, science and technology department, finance department, personnel and education department, international cooperation department, transport department, flying standards department, air craft airworthiness department, airport department and public security department.
 
 
 
5. State Administration of Radio, Film and Television
 
 
 
It studies and draws up policies and guidelines for radio and TV publicity and the creation of film and TV programs, provides guidance to radio and TV publicity and creation of radio, film and TV programs and coordinates the planning of their topics and stories, offers guidance to the reform of the administrative system of radio, film and television, studies and drafts laws and regulations for undertakings in radio, film and TV industries, formulates management regulations and development plans for radio, film and TV undertakings; supervises radio and TV programming, the receiving and recording of satellite TV programs and audio-visual programs broadcast to the public through information networks, takes charge of the import and approval of importing of programs for radio broadcasting and TV screening, examines and approves radio and TV broadcasting institutions, and the establishment and dismissal of film, radio and TV program producing units at and above the county level, checks the content and quality of films and TV dramas and other programs aired on radio and TV, issues and withdraws licenses for film making and showing, TV drama making and releasing. It exercises leadership over China's National Radio, China Radio International and China Central Television Station.
 
 
 
The administration consists of nine departments: the general affairs office, chief editor's office, film bureau, social management department, personnel and education department, planning and finance department, science and technology department, foreign affairs department and security department.
 
 
 
6. State General Administration of Sports
 
 
 
Also known as All-China Sports Federation, it consists of nine departments: the general affairs office, mass sports department, competitive sports department, sports economy department, policy and regulation department, personnel department, external liaison department, science and education department and publicity department.
 
 
 
7. National Bureau of Statistics
 
An office of the State Council charged with compiling statistics and the assessment of the national economy, it shoulders such tasks as to draw up regulations for statistical work, statistical reform, and fulfill national statistical and investigation plans, exercise leadership over, supervise and check the statistical work in different regions and departments, supervise and check the implementation of statistical laws and regulations.
 
 
 
The bureau has 11 departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, statistics design department, national economic comprehensive statistics department, national economic assessment department, industry and transport statistics department, fixed asset investment statistics department, trade and foreign economic aid statistics department, population and social science department, personnel department, finance and capital construction department,
 
 
 
8. State Administration of Industry and Commerce
 
An organization of the State Council charged with the supervision and administration and administrative law-enforcement in the market, it shoulders such major tasks as to study and formulate policies, guidelines and draft laws and regulations on the administration of industry and commerce, draw up and promulgate regulations concerning the management in industry and commerce; be in charge of the registration of industrial and commercial enterprises and units and individuals engaged in business operations, approve their names, examine, approve and issue business licenses and supervise their operation; supervise and check market competition, deal with monopoly and other unjust competition cases, protect the lawful rights and interests of consumers, oversee business operators and agents, economic contracts and the registration of pledges of movable property, supervise auctions and take care of the registration of trade marks.
 
 
 
The administration has ten departments: the general affairs office, law and regulation department, fare transaction department, department for the protection of the rights and interests of consumers, market regulation department, enterprise registration department, advertisement supervision department, self-employed economy supervision department, personnel and education department, international exchange and cooperation department.
 
 
 
9. General Administration of Press and Publication
 
The GAPP (concurrently the State Copyright Bureau) is a State Council office for overseeing press, publication and copyright management. It mainly shoulders such tasks as to draft laws and regulations on publishing and copyright, study and draw up policies and guidelines concerning the press and publishing industry, formulate standards and important administrative measures in the fields of press and publication and copyright, implement them and supervise their implementation, map out plans for the development of the press and publishing industry, macro-control targets and industrial policies and supervise their implementation, take part in the formulation of economic policies and related economic macro-control measures for the press and publishing industry; examine and approve newly established publishing houses and distribution units, examine and approve audio-video publishing units, electronic publishing and production units, newspaper groups, collective copyright managing bodies and agents involving foreign investment, approve the founding of Sino-foreign joint venture and cooperative enterprises in the press and publishing industry, supervise press and publishing activities and the printing industry; be in charge of copyright work; and take care of the planning and publishing of ancient books and documents.
 
 
 
It is made up of nine departments: the general affairs office, book publishing department, newspapers and journals department, audio-video and electronic publishing department, distribution department, printing industry department, personnel and education department, external cooperation department and copyright department.
 
 
 
10. State Forestry Administration
 
It is charged with such tasks as to draw up policies and guidelines for the care of forest ecological environment, protection of forest resources, and the planting of trees in the country, draft related laws and regulations and supervise their implementation; formulate national development strategies, long- and medium-term plans for the forestry industry and implement them.
 
The administration consists of ten departments: the general affairs office, tree planting department, forest resources department, wildlife protection department, forest safety department, policy and regulation department, development planning and funding department, science and technology department, international cooperation department, personnel and education department.
 
 
 
11. State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and Quarantine
 
In 2001, according to a decision of the State Council, the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and the State Bureau of Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine were merged into this organization charged with such tasks as to oversee matters related to quality, measurements, entry-exit commodity inspection, entry-exit quarantine, entry-exit quarantine of plants and animals and the approval of related licenses and standards.
 
 
 
According to decisions of power delegation by the State Council, the administration of license approval and standardization is respectively placed with the China State License Approval and Supervision Committee (also known as the State License Approval and Supervision Bureau) and China Standardization Committee (also known as the State Standardization Bureau). Both committees are overseen by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision.
 
 
 
It is made up of 15 departments: the general affairs office, law and regulation department, quality department, measurement department, customs clearance business department, health quarantine department, animal and plant quarantine department, quarantine supervision department, import-export food safety bureau, boiler pressure and container safety supervision bureau, product quality supervision bureau, law-enforcement inspection department (also known as Office for Combating Fake Products under the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision), international cooperation department (also known as science and technology department), personnel department, planning and finance department.
 
 
 
12. State Food and Drug Supervision Administration
 
 
 
An administrative law-enforcement organization of the State Council on the supervision of food and drugs, it is mainly charged with such tasks as to study, produce, circulate, supervise drugs by administrative and technical means in the country; exercise comprehensive supervision and coordination for the safety management of food, health enhancing products and cosmetics, conduct investigation and take action against serious accidents in accordance with law.
 
 
 
It is made up of ten departments: the general affairs office, policy, law and regulation department, food safety coordination department, food safety inspection and supervision department, drug registration department, medical apparatus department, drug safety supervision department, drug market supervision department, personnel and education department, and international cooperation department.
 
 
 
13. State Intellectual Property Office
 
It is a State Council organization charged with overseeing and coordinating matters related to patents and international-related intellectual properties. It also drafts laws and formulates regulations on intellectual property and supervises their enforcement.
 
 
 
The organization has five departments: the general affairs office, law and regulation department, international cooperation department, coordination department, planning and development department.
 
 
 
14. National Tourism Administration
 
Its tasks are to study and formulate policies, guidelines and plans for the development of tourism industry, draw up administrative rules and regulations for the industry and supervise their implementation, study and draw up development strategy of the international tourism market, undertake external publicity of China's overall tourism image and major sales promotion activities, organize and provide guidance to the development of important tourism products, offer guidance to market development of offices stationed outside China; cultivate and improve the domestic tourism market, study and formulate strategies and methods for developing domestic tourism and guide their implementation.
 
 
 
The administration consists of six departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, tourism promotion and international liaison department, development planning and finance department, quality standardization department, labor, personnel and education department.
 
 
 
15. State Administration of Religious Affairs
 
Its major responsibilities are to study and propose policies and guidelines for the work related to religious affairs, formulate and implement such policies and guidelines, investigate and study the religious situation in China and abroad to maintain grasp of the developments, study the issue of religious theories, propose policy suggestions; guide and promote religious circles to conduct their activities within the framework of law and policies and protect citizens' freedom of religious belief.
 
 
 
The administration is made up of four departments: the general affairs office, policy and regulation department, first business department and second business department.
 
 
 
16. Counselors' Office of the State Council
 
It is a united front and consulting organization of the State Council charged with such tasks as to study and investigate the situation of the implementation of certain policies in the performance of the government, find out and reflect popular sentiments, take part in the discussion of government affairs and offer consultative opinions.
 
 
 
The office has two subsidiary departments: the general affairs office and the business office.
 
 
 
17. Government Offices Administration of the State Council
 
It mainly undertakes such jobs as to study and formulate policies, guidelines and regulations for the work of government offices and implement them, manage the administrative funds, social security funds, and housing subsidies of government offices and the budgets of government offices.
 
 
 
The offices consists of eight branches: the general affairs office, finance department, house and property department, service department, logistics reform and comprehensive management department, people's anti-air-raid office, department of offices stationed in the capital by various provincial governments and the personnel department.
 
  
 
Administrative Offices under the State Council
 
Administrative Offices under the State Council
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Its job is to promote Chinese media to publicize China to the world, including introducing China's policies, stands, economic development, history and culture. It runs press conferences and provides books and other publications, TV and film products in fulfilling its mission of publicizing China to the outside world. It assists foreign journalists to cover China so as to ensure effective, objective and accurate reporting on China. It conducts, on an extensive basis, exchanges and cooperation with foreign government agencies and the mass media. In conjunction with other departments and offices, it promotes external cultural exchanges.
 
Its job is to promote Chinese media to publicize China to the world, including introducing China's policies, stands, economic development, history and culture. It runs press conferences and provides books and other publications, TV and film products in fulfilling its mission of publicizing China to the outside world. It assists foreign journalists to cover China so as to ensure effective, objective and accurate reporting on China. It conducts, on an extensive basis, exchanges and cooperation with foreign government agencies and the mass media. In conjunction with other departments and offices, it promotes external cultural exchanges.
  
Institutions Directly under the State Council
 
  
1. Xinhua News Agency
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== Institutions Directly under the State Council ==
2. Chinese Academy of Sciences
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3. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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*1. Xinhua News Agency
4. Chinese Academy of Engineering
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*2. Chinese Academy of Sciences
5. Development Research Center of the State Council
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*3. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
6. National School of Administration
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*4. Chinese Academy of Engineering
7. China Seismological Bureau
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*5. Development Research Center of the State Council
8. China Meteorological Administration
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*6. National School of Administration
9. China Securities Regulatory Commission
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*7. China Seismological Bureau
10. China Insurance Regulatory Commission
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*8. China Meteorological Administration
11. State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
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*9. China Securities Regulatory Commission
12. China Banking Regulatory Commission
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*10. China Insurance Regulatory Commission
13. National Social Securities Fund Council
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*11. State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
14. National Natural Science Foundation of China
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*12. China Banking Regulatory Commission
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*13. National Social Securities Fund Council
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*14. National Natural Science Foundation of China

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The Legal Position, Functions and Rights of the State Council

The State Council is the highest state organ of administration. The Constitution prescribes the following functions and rights for the State Council:

1. To adopt administrative measures, enact administrative rules and regulations and issue decisions and orders in accordance with the Constitution and law;
2. To submit proposals to the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee;
3. To stipulate the tasks and responsibilities of various ministries and commissions, exercise unified leadership over the work of the ministries and commissions and direct all other administrative work of a national character that does not fall within the jurisdiction of any specific ministries or commissions;
4. To exercise unified leadership over the work of local organs of state administration at various levels throughout the country, and to formulate the detailed division of functions and powers between the Central Government and the organs of state administration of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
5. To draw up and implement the plan for national economic and social development and the state budget;
6. To direct and administer economic affairs and urban and rural development;
7. To direct and administer the affairs of education, science, culture, public health, physical culture and family planning;
8. To direct and administer civil affairs, public security, judicial administration, supervision and other related matters;
9. To conduct foreign affairs and conclude treaties and agreements with foreign states;
10. To direct and administer the building of national defense;
11. To direct and administer affairs concerning ethnic groups and to safeguard the equal rights of the minorities and the right to autonomy of ethnic autonomous areas;
12. To protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese nationals residing abroad and protecting the rights and interests of returned overseas Chinese and of the family members of Chinese nationals abroad;
13. To alter or annul inappropriate orders, directives and regulations issued by the ministries or commissions;
14. To alter or annul inappropriate decisions and orders issued by local organs of state administration at various levels;
15. To approve the geographic division of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and to approve the establishment and geographic division of autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties and cities;
16. To decide on the imposition of martial law in parts of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
17. To examine and decide on the size of administrative organs and, in accordance with the law, appoint or remove administrative officials, train them, appraise their performance and reward or punish them; and
18. To exercise such other functions and powers as the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee may assign to it.


The Organizational Structure of the State Council

In 1998, the State Council underwent a major reform of its structure. Now it is composed of the General Affairs Office, 28 ministries and commissions (including thePeople' Bank of China and the National Auditing Office), 17 directly affiliated organs and 7 working offices, in addition to a number of directly administered institutions.

Specifically:

The General Affairs Office

It is an organ assisting leaders of the State Council in dealing with their routine work. It is responsible for preparing meetings of the State Council, assisting leaders of the State Council to organize meetings to make decisions and implement them, drafting or reviewing documents issued in the name of the State Council or the General Affairs Office of the State Council, studying inquiries from various ministries and commissions of the State Council and from local governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and then offering its suggestions of answers for the approval by leaders of the State Council, supervising, urging, reviewing and following up the implementation of documents, decisions and directives of the State Council or its leaders by various departments of the State Council and local people's governments, timely reporting to leaders of the State Council important suggestions and problems raised in letters from the public and during their visits and conducting special investigations in responding to these suggestions and problems.

The General Affairs Office of the State Council is divided into four bureaus and two departments, namely, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bureaus of secretaries, bureau of letters and visits, departments of personnel and of administration.


Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of National Defense

National Development and Reform Commission

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Science and Technology

Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense

The commission is a comprehensive administrative office of the state for national defense science, technology and industries.

State Commission of Ethnic Affairs

Ministry of Public Security

Ministry of State Security

Ministry of Supervision

Ministry of Civil Affairs

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Personnel

Ministry of Labor and Social Security

Ministry of Land and Resources

Ministry of Construction

Ministry of Railways

Ministry of Transportation

Ministry of Industry Information Technology

Ministry of Water Resources

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Commerce

Ministry of Culture

Ministry of Health

State Population and Family Planning Commission

People's Bank of China

National Auditing Office

Organizations directly under the State Council:

1. General Administration of Customs 2. State Administration of Taxation 3. State Environmental Protection Administration 4. General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 5. State Administration of Radio, Film and Television 6. State General Administration of Sports 7. National Bureau of Statistics 8. State Administration of Industry and Commerce 9. General Administration of Press and Publication 10. State Forestry Administration 11. State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and Quarantine 12. State Food and Drug Supervision Administration 13. State Intellectual Property Office 14. National Tourism Administration 15. State Administration of Religious Affairs 16. Counselors' Office of the State Council 17. Government Offices Administration of the State Council

Administrative Offices under the State Council

1. Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council

It undertakes the routine work of the Central Leading Group for Foreign Affairs Work and holds the function of administering foreign affairs at a certain designated level and within a certain designated scope.

2. Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council

It assists the premier of the State Council in conducting his work related to overseas Chinese affairs. The office is in charge of formulating policies, guidelines and regulations on the work of overseas Chinese affairs, supervise and check their implementation.

The office consists of six departments: the secretary and administrative affairs department, overseas Chinese policy department, overseas department, economy, science and technology department, culture, education and publicity department, and personnel department.

3. Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Its responsibilities are to, in accordance with the principle of "one country, two systems" and related policies and guidelines of the central authorities, study the political, economic, financial, cultural and other social developments in Hong Kong and Macao and put forward suggestions for the central authorities to adopt policies, guidelines and strategies; take overall responsibility for and coordinate the work and business exchanges between various central government offices and provincial governments with the governments in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.

The office has five departments: the secretary and administrative affairs department, Hong Kong economy department, Hong Kong political affairs department, Hong Kong society and culture department and Macao affairs department.

4. Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council The office assists the premier in conducting his work in the legal field. Its responsibilities are to make overall plans and execute unified plans on the legislative work of the State Council, formulate the State Council's annual arrangement for legislation and oversee their implementation upon approval by the State Council.

It consists of eight departments: the secretary and administrative affairs department, department of legal system in labor and social security affairs, department of legal system in education, science, culture and health affairs, department of legal system in finance and monetary affairs, department of legal system in industry, transport and commercial affairs, department of legal system in agricultural resources and environmental protection, government legal system coordination department, law and regulation translation and foreign affairs department..

5. Research Office of the State Council It shoulders the tasks of comprehensive study of policies and consulting on policy decisions.

It consists of six departments: the secretary department, comprehensive research department, macro-economic research department, industry, transport and trade research department, rural economy research department, and social development research department.

6. Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council An administrative as well an institutional office of the State Council, it carries the names of both Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It is thus also listed in offices directly under the Central Committee of the CPC.

Its main responsibilities are, following policies and guidelines of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, to manage, guide and coordinate the work related to Taiwan of various offices of the State Council, and governments of the provinces in such areas as economy, science, education and culture; supervise and check on the implementation by various offices and localities of the policies and guidelines of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council, and organize the formulation of related policies and principles for affairs involving Taiwan.

7. Information Office of the State Council Its job is to promote Chinese media to publicize China to the world, including introducing China's policies, stands, economic development, history and culture. It runs press conferences and provides books and other publications, TV and film products in fulfilling its mission of publicizing China to the outside world. It assists foreign journalists to cover China so as to ensure effective, objective and accurate reporting on China. It conducts, on an extensive basis, exchanges and cooperation with foreign government agencies and the mass media. In conjunction with other departments and offices, it promotes external cultural exchanges.


Institutions Directly under the State Council

  • 1. Xinhua News Agency
  • 2. Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 3. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  • 4. Chinese Academy of Engineering
  • 5. Development Research Center of the State Council
  • 6. National School of Administration
  • 7. China Seismological Bureau
  • 8. China Meteorological Administration
  • 9. China Securities Regulatory Commission
  • 10. China Insurance Regulatory Commission
  • 11. State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
  • 12. China Banking Regulatory Commission
  • 13. National Social Securities Fund Council
  • 14. National Natural Science Foundation of China