The People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ( zh, 新疆维吾尔自治区人民政府), , or Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government ( zh, 新疆维吾尔自治区政府), is the provincial-level state administrative organ of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC: previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads ...
,
People's Republic of China
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.
History
The peaceful liberation of Xinjiang took place in September 1949. In October 1949, the
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the Central committee, highest organ when the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, national congress is not ...
established its Xinjiang branch.
Peng Dehuai
Peng Dehuai (October 24, 1898November 29, 1974; also spelled as Peng Teh-Huai) was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense (China), Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor ...
convened the inaugural plenary meeting of the Founding Assembly of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government on December 17, 1949, officially announcing the establishment of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government.
Simultaneously, the
Xinjiang Military District
The Xinjiang Military District (新疆军区) is a special military area of the PLA at the Theater Deputy-grade.(副战区级). It is one of three districts (Tibet and Beijing being the other two) that are directly under the Central Military C ...
was established, and in January 1950, the 14th Political Affairs Conference of the Central People's Government sanctioned the "Current Policy of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government Committee."
In 1955, Xinjiang was rebranded as the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Organization
According to the Institutional Reform Program, the People's Government of the has set up 23 constituent departments, 1 Directly Managed Organization, 10 Directly Affiliated Organization, and 5 departmental management organizations.
The People's Government of has set up the following organizations:
* General Office
Component Departments
* Development and Reform Commission
* Department of Education
* Department of Science and Technology
* Department of Industry and Information Technology
* Ethnic Affairs Commission
* Department of Public Security
* Department of Civil Affairs of
* Department of Justice
* Department of Finance of
* Department of Human Resources and Social Security
* Department of Natural Resources
* Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
* Department of Ecological Environment
* Department of Transportation
* Water Resources Department
* Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
* Department of Commerce
* Department of Culture and Tourism
* Health Commission
* Department of Retired Military Personnel Affairs
* Emergency Management Department
* Foreign Affairs Office
* Audit Office
Directly Managed Organization
* State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
Directly Affiliated Organization
* Research Office
* Market Supervision and Administration Bureau
* Radio and Television Bureau
* Statistics Bureau
* Organ Affairs Administration
* Local Financial Supervision Administration
* Bureau of Letters and Calls
* Forestry and Grassland Bureau
* Rural Revitalization Bureau
* People's Air Defense Office
Directly Affiliated Institutions
* Xinjiang International Expo Affairs Bureau
* Counselor's Office
* Nonferrous Geological Exploration Bureau
* Xishan Coal Mine Retention Office
* ''
Xinjiang Today''
Dispatch Organizations
* Office in
Beijing
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* Office in
Xi'an
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* Office in
Guangzhou
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* Office in
Shanghai
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References
{{Province-level local governments of China
1949 establishments in China
Government agencies established in 1949
Politics of Xinjiang