Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) 中国工业和信息化部

Address: 13 Xi Chang’an Jie, 100804 | Phone: 86-10-6820-5006 | Website: www.miit.gov.cn

The State Council created MIIT in March 2008 to assume the functions of several previous ministries and offices, including the former Ministry of Information Industry; ministry-level Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense; State Council Informatization Office; State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau; and most of the National Development and Reform Commission’s project-approval functions. MIIT plays a significant role in regulating major industries and approving new industrial investments and projects, particularly in key areas such as information technology, telecommunications, and national defense.

Chair

Miao Wei 苗圩

Vice Ministers

Yang Xueshan Su Bo Liu Lihua Shang Bing Mao Weiming 杨学山 苏波 许达哲 刘利华 尚冰 毛伟明

Chief Engineers

Zhu Hongren Zhang Feng 朱宏任 张峰

Chief Economist

Zhou Zixue 周子学

Department Responsibilities* General Office (办公厅) Policy and Law (政策法规司) Planning (规划司) Manages overall ministry work, including Researches industrial strategy issues; offers policy Formulates development strategies; responsible for information, communications, security, etc; suggestions for industry, communications, and allocating resources for fixed-asset investment in industry, coordinates and supervises daily activities; and development of the IT sector; drafts industry communications, and informatization (includes foreign publishes ministry news. policies, regulations, and other key documents; and investment); and audits fixed-asset investments. reviews documents for consistency and standardization. Market Supervision (市场监管部) Intermediary and Investment Fund Non-Listed Public Company Supervision Drafts regulations for the transaction, liquidation, Supervision (证券基金机构监管部) (非上市公众公司监管部) registration, and depository of securities under Responsible for drafting regulation on the Drafts policies and regulations for the supervision of non- CSRC supervision; oversees the establishment of supervision of securities institutions and investment listed public companies; responsible for approving new new entities in charge of securities transactions, funds; oversees the establishment of securities non-listed corporations; assists in investigating illegal bond liquidation, registration, and depository services; firms and investment funds and supervises their and securities market activities. and supervises the business activities of such business activities; reviews and supervises qualified institutions. foreign institutional investors (QFII) and the establishment of representative offices in by overseas asset-management institutions. Finance (财务司) Industrial Policy (产业政策司) Science and Technology (科技司) Manages budget and expenses; organizes Supervises implementation of industrial and Implements industry policies and standards for internal audits and performance examinations; communications policies; recommends structural biotechnology, new materials, aerospace, and information offers finance, taxation, and pricing suggestions; adjustment, development, and innovation technology; formulates industry technology standards and and manages ministry finances and assets. management policies; participates in project oversees quality control; coordinates technology research, audits; and determines market-entry major-industry model projects, and national technology requirements. special projects; and promotes innovative research. Monitoring and Coordination (运行监测协调局) Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Energy Conservation and Resource Usage Monitors and analyzes the daily operations of (中小企业司) (节能与综合利用司) foreign and domestic industrial and communications Guides small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) Formulates and implements polices related to energy sectors; generates relevant statistics; assists with development; formulates policies for SME and efficiency, resource use, and clean production in industrial industry development-related problem solving; private company development; facilitates SME- and communications sectors; assists with pollution control handles emergency management, industrial relevant foreign exchanges; and coordinates service policy creation; coordinates major-model projects; and security, and national defense mobilization. system construction and improvement. promotes new technology and materials development. Production Safety (安全生产司) Raw and Semi-Finished Materials Industries Equipment Industry (装备工业司) Oversees production safety in relevant industry (原材料工业司) Manages the auto, commercial air, watercraft, and light-rail sectors, such as communications; guides key Manages steel, gold, rare metals, stone derivatives, industries; oversees planning and policy for technology and industries in investigating safety concerns; natural chemicals, and other related industries; new materials development; supports national engineering investigates major product safety incidents; researches overseas market conditions and advises project implementation; and promotes domestic technology supervises civilian-grade explosives production and Chinese firms; and ensures China’s compliance with production. use. the United Nations’ Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Consumer Products (消费品工业司) Civilian-Military Integration Promotion Electronic Information (电子信息司) Manages consumer product industries, including (军民结合推进司) Manages the electronic information product manufacturing textiles, food, medicine, and home appliances; Proposes, formulates, and implements policies industry; assists with development and domestic formulates production plans for tobacco, salt, and related to civilian-military integration, including the production of microelectronic and general electronic sugar industries; manages state salt and drug two-way transfer of civilian-military dual-use information products; and promotes the use of electronic reserves; supports Chinese traditional medicine technologies and the establishment of civilian- information technologies. project management. military general standards. Software Services (软件服务业司) Communications Development (通信发展司) Telecommunications Management (电信管理局) Oversees software industry development; Coordinates the development of public and special- Supervises telecom services and promotes open markets formulates technical standards; and manages use communication networks and the Internet; drafts and high-quality service; develops telecom network information security technology development. network-technology development policies; and drafts exchanges and fee structures; protects network codes, rules and oversees telecom service fees. domains, and Internet addresses; and coordinates emergency communications services.

Communications Security Bureau Radio Regulatory Bureau (State Radio Office) Informatization Promotion (信息化推进司) (通信保障局) (无线电管理局 [国家无线电办公室]) Promotes information technology, “e-government”, and e- Researches national communications network Divides, distributes, and assigns radio frequencies; commerce development; coordinates inter-industry safety issues; oversees communications security oversees radio station operations; coordinates and information sharing; manages integration of telecom, radio, policy; assists with telecom network management; manages civilian satellite positioning; coordinates and Internet-based networks; and implements State drafts network safety precaution protocols; with the military on radio management issues; and Council Informatization Leading Group directives. manages network emergencies and CCP and manages issues related to foreign radio. central government special communications needs. Information Security Coordination International Cooperation (国际合作司) Personnel and Education (人事教育司) (信息安全协调司) Coordinates international cooperation and Manages personnel and training programs. Manages national security information safeguards communications and manages matters involving and sensitive information; oversees information , Taiwan, and . security in the central government and key industries; and coordinates responses to information security emergencies. (CCP) Committee Supervision Bureau (驻部监察局) Retired Cadre Bureau (离退休干部局) (机关党委) Ensures MIIT compliance with CCP rules and Coordinates retired personnel activities. Manages CCP relations. regulations. Service Bureau (机关服务局) Manages logistics and personnel services.

*Note: Information accurate as of April 2014.