Guidelines set for central govt's administrative reform

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-17 21:44

BEIJING -- China recently set a guideline for a new round of institutional reform of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, in an effort to build up a service-oriented, responsible, law-governing and clean government for the nation.

This remark came from an official in charge of the General Office of the Central Government Set-up Committee in a recent interview with Xinhua and People's Daily.

He emphasized the guidelines on restructuring some central government departments adopted on June 25 by the State Council's executive meeting were a directive document with the nature of law and it served as a base for State Council departments to play their functions.

It was a major step forward for implementing the essence of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and to further deepen the restructuring of administrative management, said the official.

He added, the document was aimed to readjust functions of different central government departments, define the main functions and responsibilities for these departments, decide the set-up and responsibilities of subordinate cells within these departments, and define the numbers of staff in these departments and the numbers of leading officials of the subordinate cells of these departments.

One of the main jobs for the new round of administrative reform is to streamline the relations of functions and responsibilities for different central government departments.

For example, the administrative powers in the sector of flash and online games will go to the Ministry of Culture, while the State Administration for Radio, Television and Film is the only administration for the film industry. Meanwhile, the General Administration for Press and Publication is responsible for controlling the whole sector of manufacturing audio and visual products.

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