Ministry of Railways (China)


The Ministry of Railways is a defunct ministry under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The last minister was Sheng Guangzu.
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.
The ministry was also in charge of the operations of China Railway 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, National Railway Administration and China Railway Corporation.

History

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

Rail bonds

MOR, acting as a corporation in the debt market, has sold 60 billion yuan of bonds in 2007.
For the year 2009, MOR planned to sell at least 100 billion yuan 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.
Bureau or AgencyRailway Network in Provinces
Beijing Railway BureauBeijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi
Chengdu Railway BureauSichuan, Chongqing
Guangzhou Railway Group Co.,Ltd.Guangdong, Hunan
Harbin Railway BureauHeilongjiang, Inner Mongolia
Hohhot Railway BureauInner Mongolia
Jinan Railway BureauShandong,Liaoning
Kunming Railway BureauYunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou
Lanzhou Railway BureauGansu, Ningxia
Nanchang Railway BureauJiangxi,Fujian
Nanning Railway BureauGuangxi, Guangdong
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group Co., Ltd.Qinghai, Tibet
Shanghai Railway BureauShanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang
Shenyang Railway BureauLiaoning, Jilin,Heilongjiang,Inner Mongolia
Taiyuan Railway BureauShanxi
Wulumuqi Railway BureauXinjiang
Wuhan Railway BureauHubei
Xi'an Railway BureauShaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia,Hubei
Zhengzhou Railway BureauHubei,Shaanxi, Shandong

List of Railway Ministers