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State Council

Updated: 05 07 , 2013 19:39

??The State Council, namely the Central People?s Government, is the highest state administrative body. The State Council carries out the laws enacted and decisions adopted by the NPC and its Standing Committee. The State Council is responsible to the NPC and its Standing Committee, and reports to them on its work. The State Council has the power to formulate administrative measures, enact administrative regulations, and promulgate decisions and orders within its functions and powers. The State Council is composed of the premier, vice-premiers, state councilors, the heads of the various ministries and commissions, the auditor-general and the secretary-general. The organizational structure of the current State Council is as follows:

State Council State Councilors: Chi Haotian, Luo Gan, Wu Yi (f.) Ismail Amat (ethnic Uygur) and Wang Zhongyu


Premier: Wen Jiabao


Vice-Premiers: Huang Ju, Wu Yi, Zeng Peiyan and Hui Liangyu


Secretary-General: Hua Jianmin (concurrently)


Ministries and Commissions Under the State Council:


Minister of Foreign Affairs: Li Zhaoxing


Minister of National Defense: Cao Gangchuan


Minister in charge of the State Development and Reform Commission: Ma Kai


Minister of Education: Zhou Ji


Minister of Science and Technology: Xu Guanhua


Minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense: Zhang Yunchuan


Minister in charge of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission: Li Dek Su (Korean)


Minister of Public Security: Zhou Yongkang


Minister of State Security: Xu Yongyue


Minister of Supervision: Li Zhilun


Minister of Civil Affairs: Li Xueju


Minister of Justice: Zhang Fusen


Minister of Finance: Jin Renqing


Minister of Personnel: Zhang Bailin


Minister of Labor and Social Security: Zheng Silin


Minister of Land and Resources: Tian Fengshan


Minister of Construction: Wang Guangtao


Minister of Railways: Liu Zhijun


Minister of Communications: Zhang Chunxian


Minister of Information Industry: Wang Xudong


Minister of Water Resources: Wang Shucheng


Minister of Agriculture: Du Qinglin


Minister of Commerce: Lu Fuyuan


Minister of Culture: Sun Jiazheng


Minister of Health: Wu Yi


Minister in charge of the State Population and Family Planning Commission: Zhang Weiqing


Governor of the People's Bank of China: Zhou Xiaochuan


Auditor-General of the National Audit Office: Li Jinhua


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