Ministry of Finance (MOF) 财政部 Address: 3 Sanlihe Nansanxiang, Xicheng District, Beijing 100820 | Phone: 86-10-6855-1114 | Website: www.mof.gov.cn MOF plays a macroeconomic role in the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOE) and other public institutions’ financial management systems. The ministry’s primary goals include streamlining and reducing mounting financial and taxation sector debts in cooperation with the State Asset Supervision and Administration Commission, State Administration of Taxation, State Auditing Administration, and National Development and Reform Commission. MOF oversees the issuance of government bonds, negotiates loans provided by foreign governments, drafts management regulations for public assets, and is responsible for the non-governmental auditing sector. MOF also has responsibility for the State Council's Tariff Regulations Committee and management of some SOE assets. Minister Lou Jiwei 楼继伟 Vice Ministers and Other Senior Officials Zhang Shaochun 张少春 Liu Jianhua 刘建华 Zhu Guangyao 朱光耀 (Vice Minister) (Head of Discipline Inspection) (Vice Minister) Responsible for the Tax Administration Bureau and Responsible for the Party Committee, the MOF In charge of preparations for the US-China Strategic the Budget and National Defense departments. Inspection Work Leading Group Office, and the and Economic Dialogue and the G20 Summit. Inspection Bureau. Liu Kun 刘昆 Wang Bao’an 王保安 Shi Yaobin 史耀斌 (Vice Minister) (Vice Minister) (Vice Minister) Responsible for the Treasury, Economic Construction, Responsible for the General Financial Affairs, Social Responsible for the Customs Duties, International and Supervision departments, as well as for MOF Security, and Finance departments, the Institute of Economic Cooperation, and International Fund local inspection and investment evaluation centers. Fiscal Science, and the China Financial Publishing Cooperation departments, and the Beijing Office of Media Group. the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center. © 2015, The US-China Business Council 1 Vice Ministers and Other Senior Officials Hu Jinglin 胡静林 Yu Weiping 余蔚平 Dai Bohua 戴柏华 (Vice Minister) Responsible for the Education, Science & Culture, Responsible for the General Office, the Staff Service Responsible for the Administrative Enforcement and and Accounting departments; the Central Cultural Center, the China State Finance Magazine, and the Agriculture departments, the State Agricultural Enterprises State-Owned Assets Supervision Leading China State Finance and Economics Newspaper; and Development Office, the MOF Party Committee, the Group Office; the Cadre Education Center; the MOF assists Minister Lou with policy research. Bureau of Retired Officials, and the Chinese Finance Accounting Qualification Evaluation Center; the China and Taxation Museum; and assists Minister Lou with Accounting Correspondence School; the Chinese the Comprehensive Rural Reform Working Group. Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and the Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen National Accounting Institutes; and assists Minister Lou with the Personnel and Education Department. Xu Hongcai 许宏才 Responsible for the Treaty and Law and Asset Management departments, the Budget Assessment Center; and the China Appraisal Society. Department Responsibilities General Office (办公厅) General Financial Affairs (综合司) Treaty and Law (条法司) Conducts routine operations, such as drafting reports, Conducts macroeconomic research and puts forward Researches and proposes changes to the construction issuing press releases, and completing administrative recommendations to leadership; researches income of tax laws and regulations; formulates tax law work. distribution policies; manages the budget and tax planning; organizes and assists in drafting financial revenue system; and participates in financial reform laws and reports; examines financial reporting, tax management programs. revenue, and national asset management laws; and represents the ministry in lawsuits. Tax Policy (税政司) Tariffs (关税司) Budget (预算司) Researches domestic and foreign tax policies and Researches and proposes tariff and import tax policies; Drafts financial system and budget management drafts implementation programs; proposes tax drafts tariff agreement programs and participates in systems; conducts medium and long-term financial structure reforms; participates in foreign tax related agreements; studies and proposes construction planning; studies and proposes annual budget negotiations; and drafts international tax agreements. of special tax levies; and conducts routine work for the oversight; and investigates and reports on national State Council’s Office of Customs Tariff Commission. budget implementation conditions. © 2015, The US-China Business Council 2 Department Responsibilities State Treasury (国库司) National Defense (国防司) Administrative and Law Enforcement Proposes and drafts national treasury management Undertakes financial duties related to national defense. (行政政法司) systems and financial budget and administrative Researches and proposes standards for accounting systems; investigates national budget administrative funding expenses; manages foreign implementation conditions; collects regional and financial aid; and supervises and tracks nationwide financial accounting reports; and drafts and implementation of department budgeting. supervises implementation of government procurement policies. Education, Science, and Culture (教科文司) Economic Construction (经济建设司) Agriculture (农业司) Undertakes work related to education, technology, and Researches and formulates financial investment Researches agricultural financial policies; participates culture; draws up financial policies for the news, policies; manages national goods and materials asset- in agricultural industry planning; formulates agricultural publishing, and film industries; manages financial- reserve policy subsidies; manages research and asset-management methods and industry financial related work for cultural enterprises; and undertakes related funding; and manages the use and conditions management systems; and supervises implementation work on state-owned assets and institutions. of inspections of central assets. of department budgets. Social Security (社会保障司) Asset Management (资产管理司 ) Finance (金融司) Researches and formulates national social security Formulates and implements policies, rules, and Coordinates work related to monetary and fiscal regulations and policies; presents draft budgets for regulations for the management and restructuring of policy, state-owned assets, and financial institutions; social security programs; and provides advice on State Owned Enterprises; manages state-owned develops management systems and supervises the financial spending standards, annual budgets, and financial and cultural assets, as well as the tobacco, implementation of securities, insurance, and other special fund management. postal service, and railway sectors. non-bank financial institutions; responsible for foreign debt and foreign government loans; and implements and supervises export credit insurance and related policies. International Cooperation (国际经济关系司) Office of External Economic Cooperation (国际财 Accounting (会计司) Researches international financial policy and provides 金合作司) Manages national accounting; promotes policies to recommendations to leadership; responsible for Responsible for carrying out financial and economic reform and develop China’s accounting practices; China’s loans and participation in the World Bank and dialogues with the international community, particularly strengthens international exchanges related to Asian Development Bank; oversees financial work on with countries assigned by the State Council. accounting; and develops policies related to CPA and Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; supervises personnel administrative licensing approval and management. inspection and training. Supervision Bureau (监督检查局) State Agricultural Development Office (国家农业 Personnel and Education (人事教育司) Formulates financial supervision and inspection 综合开发办公室) Oversees hiring, training, and salary adjustments for regulations; supervises implementation of tax Formulates and oversees implementation of policies, MOF, and manages the National Accounting Academy. regulations and policies; and investigates finance- plans, programs, funds, and financial management related legal infringements. rules for agricultural development. © 2015, The US-China Business Council 3 Department Responsibilities Central Cultural Enterprises State-Owned Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee Bureau of Retired Officials (离退休干部局) Assets Supervision and Leading Group Office (机关党委) Handles retired cadre affairs. (中央文化企业国有资产监督管理领导小组办公室) Responsible for MOF’s CCP relations. Responsible for drafting laws and regulations on cultural enterprises, and undertakes cadre management and asset management work. MOF Office for the Central Leading Group for Bureau of Supervision (驻部监察局) Inspection Work (财政部巡视工作领导小组办公室) Oversees the printing and storage of currency; Manages party disciplinary inspections. investigates counterfeiting and other financial crimes; regulates management of non-tax revenue funds. Information is accurate as of February 2015. Source: Ministry of Finance. © 2015, The US-China Business Council 4 .