Ministry of Railways (China) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Railways of the
People's Republic of China
Jurisdiction:China
Headquarters:Beijing
Parent Agency:State Council
Agency Type:Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level)

The Ministry of Railways (MOR) was a constituent department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

The ministry was responsible for passenger services, regulation of the rail industry, development of the rail network and rail infrastructure in mainland China. The ministry was also in charge of the operations of China Railway which manages the railway bureaux and companies in mainland China.

On 10 March 2013, it was announced that the Ministry would be dissolved and its duties taken up by the Ministry of Transport (safety and regulation), National Railway Administration (inspection) and China Railway Corporation (construction and management), in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry.

History

The Ministry of Railways' predecessor was the Qing and the Republican Ministry of Posts and Communications.

On 10 March 2013, it was announced that the Ministry would be dissolved and its duties taken up by the Ministry of Transport (safety and regulation), National Railway Administration (inspection) and China Railway Corporation (construction and management),[1] in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry. The last minister was Sheng Guangzu.[2]

Rail bonds

MOR, acting as a corporation in the debt market, has sold 60 billion yuan of bonds in 2007.

For the year 2009, MOR planned to sell at least 100 billion yuan ($14.6 billion) worth of construction bonds to finance a large expansion of the country's rail network.

Railway bureaus and companies

There were 16 railway bureaux and 2 railway group companies under the Ministry of Railways. As of 2008, approximately 2 million people worked in the Ministry of Railways.[3] [4]

Bureau or AgencyRailway Network in Provinces
Beijing Railway BureauBeijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi (part)
Chengdu Railway BureauSichuan, Chongqing
Guangzhou Railway Group Co., Ltd.Guangdong, Hunan
Harbin Railway BureauHeilongjiang, Inner Mongolia (part)
Hohhot Railway BureauInner Mongolia (part)
Jinan Railway BureauShandong, Liaoning (part)
Kunming Railway BureauYunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou
Lanzhou Railway BureauGansu, Ningxia
Nanchang Railway BureauJiangxi, Fujian
Nanning Railway BureauGuangxi, Guangdong (part)
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group Co., Ltd.Qinghai, Tibet
Shanghai Railway BureauShanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang
Shenyang Railway BureauLiaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang (part), Inner Mongolia (part)
Taiyuan Railway BureauShanxi
Wulumuqi Railway BureauXinjiang
Wuhan Railway BureauHubei
Xi'an Railway BureauShaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Hubei
Zhengzhou Railway BureauHubei (part), Shaanxi, Shandong

List of Railway Ministers

No. Name Took office Left office
1 October 1949 January 1965
2 January 1965 1966
Post abolished
3 January 1975 December 1976
4 December 1976 March 1978
5 March 1978 1981
6 1981 April 1982
7 April 1982 1985
8 1985 April 1988
9 April 1988 1992
10 1992 March 1998
11 March 1998 March 2003
12 March 2003 February 2011
13 February 2011 16 March 2013

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: 10 March 2012 . China scraps railways ministry in streamlining drive . . 10 March 2013.
  2. News: Sui-Lee Wee . Huang Yan . Miral Fahmy . 25 February 2011 . China railways minister dismissed -Xinhua . The Los Angeles Times . Reuters . 26 February 2011.
  3. Web site: Wu . Zhong . May 7, 2008 . Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother' . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513171438/http://atimes.com/atimes/China/JE07Ad01.html . May 13, 2008 . 2008-05-06 . Asia Times Online.
  4. News: Zhong . Wu . 7 May 2008 . Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother' . . 5 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513171438/http://atimes.com/atimes/China/JE07Ad01.html . 13 May 2008.