Ministry of Railways (China)

Ministry of Railways of the
People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国铁道部; Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Tiědàobù
Agency overview
Dissolved	March 2013
Jurisdiction	China
Headquarters	Beijing
Minister responsible	Sheng Guangzu;
Parent agency	State Council

The Ministry of Railways (MOR) is a now defunct ministry under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The last minister was Sheng Guangzu.^[1]

The ministry was responsible for passenger services, regulation of the rail industry, development of the rail network and rail infrastructure in mainland China, though in light of recent accidents, there have been calls to institute independent supervision of the rail industry.^[2]

The ministry was also in charge of the operations of China Railways 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), State Railways Administration^[zh] (inspection) and China Railway Corporation (construction and management).^[3]

History

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

Rail bonds

MOR, which acts as a corporation in the debt market, having sold 60 billion yuan of bonds in 2007.

For the year 2009, MOR plans 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 are 16 railway bureaux and 2 railway group companies under the Ministry of Railways. As of 2008, approximately 2 million people work in the Ministry of Railways.^[2]

Bureau or Agency	Railway Network in Provinces
Beijing Railway Bureau	Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Taiyuan
Chengdu Railway Bureau	Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanchong, Guiyang, Lupanshui
Guangzhou Railway Group Co.,Ltd.	Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Meizhou, Hunan, Changsha
Harbin Railway Bureau	Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia
Hohhot Railway Bureau	Inner Mongolia
Jinan Railway Bureau	Shandong
Kunming Railway Bureau	Chengdu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Vietnam
Lanzhou Railway Bureau	Gansu, Ningxia
Nanchang Railway Bureau	Jiangxi, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Fujian,
Nanning Railway Bureau	Nanning, Liuzhou, eastern Guangdong
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group Co., Ltd.	Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan
Shanghai Railway Bureau	Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Henan
Shenyang Railway Bureau	Liaoning, Jilin, Jianzhou
Taiyuan Railway Bureau	Shanxi, Shandong, Henan
Wulumuqi Railway Bureau	Xinjiang, Gansu
Wuhan Railway Bureau	Hubei, Henan
Xi'an Railway Bureau	Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Chongqing, Ningxia, Hubei
Zhengzhou Railway Bureau	Hubei, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong

List of Railway Ministers

№	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Teng Daiyuan	October 1949	January 1965
2	Lü Zhengcao	January 1965	1966
post abolished
3	Wan Li	January 1975	December 1976
4	Duan Junyi	December 1976	March 1978
5	Guo Weicheng	March 1978	1981
6	Liu Jianzhang	1981	April 1982
7	Chen Puru	April 1982	1985
8	Ding Guangen	1985	April 1988
9	Li Senmao	April 1988	1992
10	Han Zhubin	1992	March 1998
11	Fu Zhihuan	March 1998	March 2003
12	Liu Zhijun	March 2003	February 2011
13	Sheng Guangzu	February 2011	16 March 2013

References

^ Sui-Lee Wee; Huang Yan; Miral Fahmy (25 February 2011). "China railways minister dismissed -Xinhua". The Los Angeles Times. Reuters. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b Wu, Zhong (May 7, 2008). "Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother'". Asia Times Online. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
^ "China scraps railways ministry in streamlining drive". BBC online. BBC. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

External links

[las-1] Sui-Lee Wee; Huang Yan; Miral Fahmy (25 February 2011). "China railways minister dismissed -Xinhua". The Los Angeles Times. Reuters. Retrieved 26 February 2011.

[bigbrother-2] Wu, Zhong (May 7, 2008). "Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother'". Asia Times Online. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

[3] "China scraps railways ministry in streamlining drive". BBC online. BBC. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

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