Plan on Reform of State Council Organs

(Adopted at the 1st Session of the 11th National People's Congress on March 15 2008.)

In keeping with the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the major missions of this reform of State Council organs revolve around the transformation of governmental functions, the disentanglement of the duties of the various ministries and commissions, the exploration and implementation of a super-ministry system that organically unifies functions, the rational allocation of functions among macroeconomic control ministries and commissions, the strengthening of the authorities responsible for the administration of energy and the administration of the environment, the consolidation and improvement of the structures for the administration of the industrial and information sector and the transport sector and, with the focus on improving people's livelihoods, the strengthening and consolidation of the ministries and commissions responsible for social management and public services.