National Development and Reform Commission

The National Development and Reform Commission , formerly State Planning Commission and State Development Planning Commission, is a management agency under the , which has broad administrative and planning control over the . Since 2008 the Commission has been headed by .

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 China's economic system. The NDRC has twenty-six functional departments/bureaus/offices with an authorized staff size of 890 civil servants.

History

The NDRC is a successor to the State Planning Commission , which had managed China's since 1952. In 1998, the SPC was renamed as the State Development Planning Commission , which then merged with the State Council Office for Restructuring the Economic System and part of the State Economic and Trade Commission in 2003. The restructured organization was then merged into a newly created NDRC, which gained greater responsibility and power in overseeing China's economic development.

Principal functions

The principal functions of the NDRC are:

*To formulate and implement macroeconomic policies;
*To monitor and adjust the performance of the national economy;
*To examine and approve major construction projects;
*To guide and promote economic restructuring;
*To coordinate the readjustment of China's industrial structure with development of agriculture and rural economy;
*To formulate plans for the development of China's energy sector and manage national oil reserves;
*To promote the Western Region Development Program, which calls for China's economic growth to include the poorer Western provinces;
*To submit a national economic plan to the National People's Congress on behalf of the State Council.

Also, recently the NDRC has been placed in charge of .

List of Chairmen

#Gao Gang : November 1952-August 1954
#Li Fuchun : September 1954-June 1970
#Yu Qiuli : June 1970-August 1980
#Yao Yilin : August 1980-June 1983
#Song Ping : June 1983-June 1987
#Yao Yilin : June 1987-December 1989
#Zou Jiahua : December 1989-March 1993
#Chen Jinhua : March 1993-March 1998
#Zeng Peiyan : March 1998-March 2003
#Ma Kai : March 2003-March 2008
# : March 2008 - incumbent

National Coordination Committee on Climate Change

National Coordination Committee on Climate Change, approved by the State Council, assumed office in October , 2003. Ma Kai, Chairman of NDRC is posted as the chairman of the Committee.

National Energy Bureau

China’s energy management is being transferred from the National Development and Reform Commission to the new National Energy Bureau, with hopes that this will reform China’s highly dispersed energy management. The new bureau will integrate the NDRC's functions on energy management, the functions of the National Energy Leading Group and the nuclear power management of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.