CPC releases plan on deepening reform of Party and state institutions

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has released a plan on deepening reform of Party and state institutions and issued a circular asking all regions and departments to implement the plan, according to a document unveiled Wednesday. [Special coverage]

Following are details of the plan:

Deepen reform of CPC Central Committee institutions

-- Form a national supervisory commission;

-- Form a central committee for comprehensive law-based governance;

-- Form a central auditing committee;

-- The central leading groups for deepening overall reform, cyberspace affairs, financial and economic affairs, and foreign affairs are transformed to be central committees for deepening overall reform, cyberspace affairs, financial and economic affairs, and foreign affairs;

-- Form a central leading group for education;

-- Form a working committee for central and state organs;

-- Form a new Party school of CPC Central Committee (Chinese Academy of Governance);

-- Form an institution for Party history and literature research;

-- The state commission office of public sectors reform and the work on civil servants will be under the administration of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee;

-- The Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee administrates press and publication sector;

-- The Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee administrates film sector;

-- The United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee exercises unified leadership over the State Ethnic Affairs Commission;

-- The United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee administrates religious affairs;

-- The United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee administrates overseas Chinese affairs;

-- Optimize the functions of the office of the central committee for cyberspace affairs;

-- Abolish the Central Leading Group for Safeguarding Maritime Rights and Interests;

-- Abolish the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security and its office;

-- Abolish the Central Leading Group for maintaining stability and its office;

-- Transfer the duties of the central leading group for preventing and handling cult issues and its office to the Committee for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Public Security;

Deepen reform of the National People's Congress (NPC) institutions

-- Form a social development affairs committee of the NPC;

-- The Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the NPC was renamed the supervisory and judicial affairs committee;

-- The Law Committee of the NPC was renamed the constitution and law committee;

Deepen reform of State Council institutions

-- Form a ministry of natural resources;

-- Form a ministry of ecological environment;

-- Form a ministry of agriculture and rural affairs;

-- Form a ministry of culture and tourism;

-- Form a national health commission;

-- Form a ministry of veterans affairs;

-- Form a ministry of emergency management;

-- Restructure the Ministry of Science and Technology;

-- Restructure the Ministry of Justice;

-- Optimize the functions of the National Audit Office;

-- Form a state market regulatory administration;

-- Form a state radio and television administration;

-- Form a central station for radio and television;

-- Form a China banking and insurance regulatory commission;

-- Form an international development cooperation agency;

-- Form a state medical insurance administration;

-- Form a state grain and reserves administration;

-- Form a state immigration administration;

-- Form a state forestry and grassland administration;

-- Regroup the State Intellectual Property Office;

-- Merge the State Council Three Gorges Project Construction Committee and its office, the State Council South-to-North Water Diversion Construction Committee and its office into the Ministry of Water Resources;

-- Submit the administration of the National Council for Social Security Fund to the Ministry of Finance;

-- Reform the state and local taxation systems;

Deepen reform of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee

-- Form an agriculture and rural affairs committee of the CPPCC National Committee;

-- Rename the Committee of History and Study of the CPPCC National Committee to the committee of culture, history and study of the CPPCC National Committee;

-- Rename the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of the CPPCC National Committee to the committee of education, science, health and sports of the CPPCC National Committee;

Deepen reform of the administrative law enforcement system

-- Form a market supervision law enforcement team;

-- Form an ecological and environmental protection law enforcement team;

-- Form a cultural market law enforcement team;

-- Form a traffic and transportation law enforcement team;

-- Form an agricultural law enforcement team;

Deepen military-civilian reform

-- Demobilize the border police from the Armed Police Forces;

-- Demobilize the fire brigade from the Armed Police Forces;

-- Demobilize the police guards from the Armed Police Forces;

-- Change the administration of coast guards from the State Oceanic Administration to the Armed Police Forces;

-- The Armed Police Forces no longer administer the gold, forest, hydro-electric forces;

-- The Armed Police Forces no longer take on duties at the customs.

The document also includes reform plans on mass organizations and local institutions.