The Ministry of Railways is the sector of the State Council in charge of
Chinese Railways.
Its core functions are: to draft the strategy of development, policy and
statutes of the railway industry, make the uniform rules and regulations for the
Chinese Railways with the supervision of their execution; to draw up the
developing plan for the railway industry, and make the annual plan and provide
guidance for their implementation; to be in charge of the administration of the
railway construction, organize and manage large and medium-sized railways
construction projects; to draft the railways industry's technological policies,
standards and management regulations, and organize important researches on new
technology and products to evaluate their achievements; to promote and guide
Chinese Railways' reform; appoint and remove main leaders of railway enterprises
and the units affiliated directly to the Ministry of Railways; to be in charge
of Chinese Railways' financial work, arrange the use of the national
construction funds and capitals, and manage the of expenditureof the railways
industry; to be in charge of the dispatching of Chinese Railways, supervising
and examining the railways' safety operation and the whole industry's
atmosphere; to be responsible for the foreign affairs of the Chines Railways and
other international communication and economic cooperations; as well as to bear
the responsibility for the construction of Communist Party of China and the
staff's ideological and political work in the railways system.
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