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CIRCULAR OF THE STATE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF ADVISORY AND COORDINATING ORGANS AND PROVISIONAL ORGANS

    People's government of the province, autonomous region and municipality
directly under the Central Government, ministries and commissions of the State
Council, organizations directly under the State Council:

    In accordance with the Plan for the Readjustment of Advisory and
Coordinating Organs and Provisional Organs of the State Council approved
through deliberation at the First Plenary Meeting of the State Council, the
restructuring and readjustment of advisory and coordinating organs and
provisional organs of the State Council are hereby circulated as follows:

    1. Advisory and Coordinating Organs and Provisional Organs of the State
Council through Restructuring and Readjustment

    State National Defence Mobilization Committee, its specific work shall be
undertaken by the State Development Planning Commission, the Headquarters of
the General Staff and the General Logistics Department;

    Special Committees of the Central Military Commission and the State
Council, its specific work shall be undertaken by the Commission of Science,
Technology and Industry for National Defence;

    State Frontier Defence Commission, its specific work shall be undertaken
by the Headquarters of the General Staff;

    Air Traffic Control Commission of the Central Military Commission and the
State Council, its specific work shall be undertaken by the Headquarters of
the General Staff;

    National Committee for Patriotic Public Health Campaign, its specific
work shall be undertaken by the Ministry of Public Health;

    National Greening Committee, its specific work shall be undertaken by the
State Forestry Bureau;

    Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, it shall separately
establish an agency under the Ministry of Education;

    State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, it shall separately
establish an agency under the Ministry of Water Resources;

    Women and children's Work Coordinating Committee of the State Council, its
specific work shall be undertaken by the All-China Women's Federation;

    National Group for the Development of Army-People Relations, its specific
work shall be undertaken by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the General
Political Department;

    Committee for Completion of the Three Gorges Project under the State
Council, it shall separately establish an agency;

    Disabled Persons' Work Coordinating Committee of the State Council, its
specific work shall be undertaken by the China Disabled Persons' Federation;

    Development Leading Group for Poverty Relief under the State Council, it
shall separately establish an agency under the Ministry of Agriculture;

    Tariff Policy Commission of the State Council, its specific work shall be
undertaken by the Ministry of Finance;

    China Committee of the International Decade for Natural Disaster
Reduction, its specific work shall be undertaken by the Ministry of Civil
Affair;

    Science, Technology and Education Leading Group of the State Council, its
specific work shall be undertaken by the Ministry of Science and Technology
and the Ministry of Education;

    State Leading Group for Performance of the Convention for Prohibiting the
Use of Chemical Weapon, its specific work shall be undertaken by the State
Petroleum and Chemical Industry Bureau;

    Working Group for Transferring Retired Offices to Civilian Jobs under the
State Council, its specific work shall be undertaken by the Ministry of
Personnel;

    State Commission for Economic Restructuring, its specific work shall be
undertaken by the Economic Restructuring Office of the State Council.

    Besides, the State Council Office for Correcting Malpractices in All
Trades and Professions will retain its name but have the Ministry of
Supervision undertaking its work.

    2. Advisory and Coordinating Organs and Provisional Organs of the State
Council to be Dissolved

    National Committee on Mineral Resources shall be dissolved and its
functions transferred to the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources;

    State Radio Management Commission shall be dissolved and its functions
transferred to the Ministry of Information Industry;

    Environmental Protection Committee of the State Council shall be dissolved
and its functions transferred to the State Bureau of Environment Protection;

    Leading Group for Settling Ex-Servicemen and Retired Officers under the
State Council shall be dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry
of Civil Affairs;

    Securities Commission of the State Council shall be dissolved and its
functions transferred to the Securities Supervisory and Regulatory Commission
of China;

    Military Goods Trade Leading Group of the Central Military Commission and
the State Council shall be dissolved and its functions transferred to the
Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence;

    Housing System Reform Leading Group of the State Council shall be
dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry of Construction;

    Negotiation Committee on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall
be dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Trade
and Economic Co-operation;

    National Narcotics Control Leading Group shall be dissolved and its
functions transferred to the Ministry of Public Security;

    National Anti-Smuggling Leading Group shall be dissolved and its functions
transferred to the General Administration of Customs;

    Leading Group for Foreign Investment of the State Council shall be
dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Economic Co-operation;

    Coordination Group for Restructuring the Foreign Exchange System under the
State Council shall be dissolved and its functions transferred to the People's
Bank of China;

    Coordination Group for Restructuring the Financial System under the State
Council shall be dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry of
Finance;

    Leading Group for Fixing Boundaries under the State Council shall be
dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs;

    Informationization Leading Group under the State Council shall be
dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry of Information
Industry;

    Coordination Group for Co-operation in Economy, Trade and Technology with
African Countries under the State Council shall be dissolved and its functions
transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation.

    Besides, the following organs shall be deprived of their names:

    State Port Office shall be abolished and its tasks transferred to the
General Administration of Customs;

    Machinery and Electrical Products Import and Export Office of the State
Council shall be abolished and its tasks transferred to the Ministry of
Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation;

    Planning Group for the Collating and Publication of Ancient Books shall be
abolished and its tasks transferred to the Press and Publication
Administration of China;

    Harness-Tai-Lake Leading Group under the State Council and the
Harness-Huai-River Leading Group under the State Council shall be abolished
and their tasks transferred to the Ministry of Water Resources.

    All other advisory and coordinating organs and provisional organs will be
abolished and those which retain their name previously will not exist any
longer.