What's new in draft State institutional reform plan


According to the draft State institutional reform plan, China will establish:
----a new ministry of emergency management;
----a new administration to oversee immigration affairs;
----a new ministry of veteran affairs;
----a new administration of international development and cooperation;
----a new ministry of natural resources, merging functions of eight ministries and administrations;
----a ministry of ecology and environment;
----a ministry of culture and tourism;
----a national grain and reserve administration;
----a national medical security administration;
----a national health commission;
----a state administration of radio, film and television.
China will merge:
----the Ministry of Agriculture with functions of 4 other ministries and establish a new ministry of agriculture and rural areas;
----the state and regional taxation administrative institutions on the provincial level and below, under the coordinated management of the State Administration of Taxation and local governments of all levels;
----the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, forming the China banking and insurance regulatory commission;
----the functions of State Administration for Industry and Commerce, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and China Food and Drug Administration, forming a national market supervision administration. The new supervision administration will also include anti-trust investigation and execution functions originally under the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce.
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