National Development and Reform Commission
Trung hoa nhân dân cộng hòa quốc quốc gia phát triển hòa cải cách ủy viên hội Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guójiā Fāzhǎn hé Gǎigé Wěiyuánhuì | |
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | November 1952 |
Preceding agencies |
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Type | Constituent Department of the State Council(cabinet-level) |
Jurisdiction | Government of China |
Headquarters | 38 Yuetan South Street,Xicheng District, Beijing |
Minister responsible |
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Parent agency | State Council |
Child agency | |
Website | en |
National Development and Reform Commission | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | Quốc gia phát triển hòa cải cách ủy viên hội | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | Quốc gia phát triển hòa cải cách ủy viên hội | ||||||
Literal meaning | State Development and Reform Commission | ||||||
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Commonly abbreviated as | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | Phát cải ủy | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | Phát cải ủy | ||||||
Literal meaning | Develop-Reform-Commission | ||||||
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TheNational Development and Reform Commission(NDRC) is the third-rankedexecutive departmentof theState Council of the People's Republic of China,which functions as amacroeconomicmanagement agency. Established as the State Planning Commission, the NDRC has broad administrative and planning control over theeconomyofmainland China,and has a reputation of being the "mini-state council".[1]
History
[edit]The body was first established in November 1952 as the State Planning Commission of theCentral People's Government.In 1954, it was transformed to the State Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China. The NDRC's functions are to study and formulate policies for economic and social development, maintain the balance of economic development, and to guide restructuring of the economic system of mainland China.[2]
In March 1998, the commission was renamed into the State Development Planning Commission. It was renamed again in March 2003 to its current name, the National Development and Reform Commission.[citation needed]
In 2008, the NDRC issued a set of policies designed to further development the economies of central regions of China, consistent with theHu-Wen administration's efforts to balance regional development.[3]: 217
In 2017, the NDRC announced the creation ofChina's national carbon emissions trading system.[4]: 76
Prior to 2018, it was also responsible for enforcing China'santitrust law,but this function has been transferred to theState Administration for Market Regulation.In February 2015, the NDRC completed an investigation intoQualcomm,finding that violated the Anti-Monopoly Law by imposing unreasonable requirements for patent licensing.[5]Qualcomm was fined the equivalent of US$975 million.[5]
Also in 2018, the NDRC's climate policymaking functions were transferred to the newly createdMinistry of Ecology and Environment.[6]: 95
On 19 December 2020, the NDRC published rules for reviewing foreign investment on national security grounds.[7][8]The rules allow government agencies "to preview, deny and punish foreign investment activities in areas that are deemed as important to national security."[8]In October 2021, the NDRC published rules restricting private capital in "news-gathering, editing, broadcasting, and distribution."[9]
On 4 September 2023, the NDRC announced it established the Private Economy Development Bureau in order monitor the country's private economy, as well as establish regular communication with private businesses.[10]
Functions
[edit]The NDRC is China's main macroeconomic control institution,[11]: 102 as well as the top organization in the State Council in matters related to economic policymaking. It oversees the planning system in China, including producing thefive-year plans of China.[12]The NDRC has responsibilities over economic targets, price policies, market policies, supply-side structural reform, overseas investment, domestic investment policy, regional development strategies, industrial development strategies, major infrastructure projects, consumption policy, innovation-driven development, scientific and technological infrastructure, high-tech industries, social development, basic public services and social development.[12]NDRC's responsibility for large infrastructure is intended to prevent the economy from becoming too hot or cold, as well as to address China's overcapacity in production for sectors like aluminum, iron, steel, and energy.[11]: 106
The NDRC works with other departments to formulate policies, including drafting laws and regulations.[13]: 39 It monitors Chinese businesses' outboundforeign direct investmentto ensure they do not invest in blacklisted projects.[14]: 80 The NDRC must approve sensitive projects, including projects in countries that do not recognize the People's Republic of China, projects in countries experiencing civil war or other major domestic difficulties, or projects involving sensitive subject matter like cross-border water issues or weapons production.[14]: 80
The NDRC works with theNational Health Commissionto research demographic trends and formulate policies on population.[12]It promotessustainable development strategies.[13]: 39 The NDRC is involved in theforeign aidprocess through coordinating aid to other countries for climate cooperation.[14]: 73 The NDRC is also one of the main government agencies responsible for data collection for theChinese Social Credit System.[15]The NDRC's Social Development Division has a planning role in cultural industries including sports, tourism, and mass media.[16]: 100
The NDRC manages the General Offices several leading groups, including theNational Defense Mobilization Commission,the State Council Leading Group for Western Development, and the State Council Leading Group for the Revitalization of Old Industrial Bases in Northeast China; all of these are led by the premier.[12]It also hosts the General Offices of the State Council Leading Group for Promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, the Leading Group for Coordinated Development of theBeijing-Tianjin-HebeiRegion, the Leading Group for Promoting the Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Leading Group for Promoting the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Leading Group for Promoting Comprehensive Deepening of Reform and Opening in Hainan; these are led by thefirst-ranking vice premier,with the NDRC chairman usually being the Office director.[12]
List of ministers
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Officially, the candidate for the chairperson of the NDRC is nominated by thepremier of the State Council,who is then approved by theNational People's Congressor itsStanding Committeeand appointed by thepresident.[17]The commission has been headed byZheng Shanjiesince March 2023.
No. | Name | Office | Took office | Left office | Premier |
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1 | Gao Gang | Chairman of the Central People's GovernmentState Planning Commission |
November 1952 | August 1954 | Independent of the Premier Zhou Enlai |
2 | Li Fuchun | Minister in charge of the State Planning Commission |
September 1954 | January 1975 | Zhou Enlai |
3 | Yu Qiuli | January 1975 | August 1980 | Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng | |
4 | Yao Yilin | August 1980 | June 1983 | Zhao Ziyang | |
5 | Song Ping | June 1983 | June 1987 | ||
6 | Yao Yilin | June 1987 | December 1989 | Zhao Ziyang Li Peng | |
7 | Zou Jiahua | December 1989 | March 1993 | Li Peng | |
8 | Chen Jinhua | March 1993 | March 1998 | ||
9 | Zeng Peiyan | Minister in charge of the State Development Planning Commission |
March 1998 | March 2003 | Zhu Rongji |
10 | Ma Kai | Minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission |
March 2003 | March 2008 | Wen Jiabao |
11 | Zhang Ping | March 2008 | 16 March 2013 | ||
12 | Xu Shaoshi | 16 March 2013 | 24 February 2017 | Li Keqiang | |
13 | He Lifeng | 24 February 2017 | 12 March 2023 | ||
14 | Zheng Shanjie | 12 March 2023 | Incumbent | Li Qiang |
Current leadership
[edit]- Minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission
- Vice-ministers
- Mu Hong- Minister level, Deputy General Office chief of theCentral Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms
- Zhang Yong- Minister level
- Ning Jizhe- Minister level
- Lian Weiliang(Liên duy lương)
- Lin Nianxiu(Lâm niệm tu)
- Hu Zucai(Hồ tổ tài)
- Luo Wen (La văn)[2]
Subordinates
[edit]- Sub-ministry-level national administrations administered by the NDRC
- National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration
- National Energy Administration
- National Data Administration
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Woodall, Brian (May 29, 2014)."The Development of China's Developmental State: Environmental Challenges and Stages of Growth".China Research Center.RetrievedJune 2,2019.
- ^ab"Trung hoa nhân dân cộng hòa quốc quốc gia phát triển hòa cải cách ủy viên hội".
- ^Ang, Yuen Yuen(2016).How China Escaped the Poverty Trap.Cornell University Press.ISBN978-1-5017-0020-0.JSTOR10.7591/j.ctt1zgwm1j.
- ^Ding, Iza (2020). "Pollution Emissions Trading in China". In Esarey, Ashley; Haddad, Mary Alice; Lewis, Joanna I.; Harrell, Stevan (eds.).Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-Developmental State.Seattle:University of Washington Press.ISBN978-0-295-74791-0.JSTORj.ctv19rs1b2.
- ^abCheng, Wenting (2023).China in Global Governance of Intellectual Property: Implications for Global Distributive Justice.Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies series.Palgrave Macmillan.p. 124.ISBN978-3-031-24369-1.
- ^Lewis, Joanna I. (2023).Cooperating for the Climate: Learning from International Partnerships in China's Clean Energy Sector.Cambridge, Massachusetts: TheMIT Press.ISBN978-0-262-54482-5.
- ^"China issues national security rules on foreign investment".Reuters.December 19, 2020.
- ^ab"China Defends National Security Rules for Foreign Investment".Bloomberg News.December 19, 2020.
- ^Hui, Mary (October 11, 2021)."China wants an even more dominant state monopoly on the media".Quartz.RetrievedOctober 11,2021.
- ^Huang, Raffaele (September 4, 2023)."China Creates Government Body to Support Private Sector".The Wall Street Journal.RetrievedSeptember 5,2023.
- ^abLi, David Daokui(2024).China's World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict.New York, NY:W. W. Norton & Company.ISBN978-0393292398.
- ^abcde"Decoding Chinese Politics".Asia Society.RetrievedOctober 2,2023.
- ^abZhang, Angela Huyue (2024).High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy.Oxford University Press.ISBN9780197682258.
- ^abcChen, Muyang (2024).The Latecomer's Rise: Policy Banks and the Globalization of China's Development Finance.Ithaca and London:Cornell University Press.ISBN9781501775857.JSTOR10.7591/jj.6230186.
- ^Liang & al. (2018)."Constructing a Data-Driven Society: China's Social Credit System as a State Surveillance Infrastructure".Policy & Internet.10(4): 415–453.doi:10.1002/poi3.183.S2CID149771597.
- ^Lin, Chunfeng (2023).Red Tourism in China: Commodification of Propaganda.Routledge.ISBN9781032139609.
- ^"Constitution of the People's Republic of China".National People's Congress.RetrievedAugust 8,2022.
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