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{{Short description|Former Chinese government ministry}}
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The '''Ministry of Railways''' ('''MOR''') was a [[Ministries of the People's Republic of China|constituent department]] of the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]].
The '''Ministry of Railways''' ('''MOR''') is a defunct ministry under the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]]. The last minister was [[Sheng Guangzu]].<ref name="las">{{cite news |title = China railways minister dismissed - Xinhua |url = http://www.latimes.com/sns-rt-china-railwaysministoe71o053-20110225,0,1184171.story |accessdate=26 February 2011 |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=25 February 2011 |author=Sui-Lee Wee |author2=Huang Yan |author3=Miral Fahmy |agency=Reuters }}</ref>


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.<ref name=bigbrother>{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Zhong |title = Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother' |publisher = Asia Times Online |date = May 7, 2008 |url = http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JE07Ad01.html |accessdate = 2008-05-06}}</ref>
The ministry was responsible for passenger services, regulation of the rail industry, development of the rail network and rail infrastructure in mainland China. 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 of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Transport]] (safety and regulation), [[National Railway Administration]] (inspection) and [[China Railway Corporation]] (construction and management), in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry.
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 [[China Railway Corporation]] (construction and operation), and the {{Interlanguage link multi|National Railway Administration|zh|3=国家铁路局|vertical-align=sup}} under the [[Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Transport]] (regulation and inspection).<ref>{{cite news |title = China scraps railways ministry in streamlining drive |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21732566 |accessdate=10 March 2013 |newspaper = BBC online |date = 10 March 2012 |agency = BBC}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The Ministry of Railways' predecessor was the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] and the [[Republic of China|Republican]] [[Ministry of Posts and Communications]].
The Ministry of Railways' predecessor was the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] and the [[Republic of China|Republican]] [[Ministry of Posts and Communications]].

On 10 March 2013, it was announced that the Ministry would be dissolved and its duties taken up by the [[Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Transport]] (safety and regulation), [[National Railway Administration]] (inspection) and [[China Railway Corporation]] (construction and management),<ref>{{cite news |date=10 March 2012 |title=China scraps railways ministry in streamlining drive |newspaper=[[BBC News]] |agency= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21732566 |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref> in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry. The last minister was [[Sheng Guangzu]].<ref name="las">{{cite news |author=Sui-Lee Wee |author2=Huang Yan |author3=Miral Fahmy |date=25 February 2011 |title=China railways minister dismissed -Xinhua |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |agency=Reuters |url=http://www.latimes.com/sns-rt-china-railwaysministoe71o053-20110225,0,1184171.story |access-date=26 February 2011}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


== Rail bonds ==
== Rail bonds ==
MOR, which acts as a corporation in the [[debt market]], having sold 60 billion yuan of [[Bond (finance)|bonds]] in 2007.
MOR, acting as a corporation in the [[debt market]], has sold 60 billion yuan of [[Bond (finance)|bonds]] in 2007.


For the year 2009, MOR plans to sell at least 100 billion yuan ($14.6 billion) worth of construction [[Bond (finance)|bonds]] to finance a large expansion of the country's [[rail network]].
For the year 2009, MOR planned to sell at least 100 billion yuan ($14.6 billion) worth of construction [[Bond (finance)|bonds]] to finance a large expansion of the country's [[rail network]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}


== Regional railway bureaus and companies ==
== Railway bureaus and companies ==
[[File:Wuhan Railway Bureau headquarters 4235.jpg|thumb|The Wuhan Railway Bureau headquarters]]
[[File:Wuhan Railway Bureau headquarters 4235.jpg|thumb|The Wuhan Railway Bureau headquarters]]


There are 16 regional 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.<ref name="bigbrother" />
There were 16 railway bureaux and 2 railway group companies under the Ministry of Railways. As of 2008, approximately 2 million people worked in the Ministry of Railways.<ref name="bigbrother">{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Zhong |date=May 7, 2008 |title=Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother' |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JE07Ad01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513171438/http://atimes.com/atimes/China/JE07Ad01.html |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=2008-05-06 |publisher=Asia Times Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zhong |first=Wu |date=7 May 2008 |title=Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother' |work=[[Asia Times]] |url=http://atimes.com/atimes/China/JE07Ad01.html |access-date=5 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513171438/http://atimes.com/atimes/China/JE07Ad01.html |archive-date=13 May 2008}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|[[Beijing Railway Bureau]]
|[[Beijing Railway Bureau]]
|Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi
|Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi (part)
|-
|-
|[[Chengdu Railway Bureau]]
|[[Chengdu Railway Bureau]]
|Sichuan, Chongqing
|Sichuan, Chongqing
|-
|-
|[[Guangzhou Railway Group|Guangzhou Railway Group Co.,Ltd.]]
|[[Guangzhou Railway Group|Guangzhou Railway Group Co., Ltd.]]
|Guangdong, Hunan
|Guangdong, Hunan
|-
|-
|[[Harbin Railway Bureau]]
|[[Harbin Railway Bureau]]
|Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia
|Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia (part)
|-
|-
|[[Hohhot Railway Bureau]]
|[[Hohhot Railway Bureau]]
|Inner Mongolia
|Inner Mongolia (part)
|-
|-
|[[Jinan Railway Bureau]]
|[[Jinan Railway Bureau]]
|Shandong
|Shandong, Liaoning (part)
|-
|-
|[[Kunming Railway Bureau]]
|[[Kunming Railway Bureau]]
|Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Vietnam
|Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou
|-
|-
|[[Lanzhou Railway Bureau]]
|[[Lanzhou Railway Bureau]]
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|-
|[[Nanchang Railway Bureau]]
|[[Nanchang Railway Bureau]]
||Jiangxi, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Fujian
||Jiangxi, Fujian
|-
|-
|[[Nanning Railway Bureau]]
|[[Nanning Railway Bureau]]
|Guangxi, Guangdong
|Guangxi, Guangdong (part)
|-
|-
|[[Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group|Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group Co., Ltd]].
|[[Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group|Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group Co., Ltd]].
|Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan
|Qinghai, Tibet
|-
|-
|[[Shanghai Railway Bureau]]
|[[Shanghai Railway Bureau]]
|Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Henan
|Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang
|-
|-
|[[Shenyang Railway Bureau]]
|[[Shenyang Railway Bureau]]
|Liaoning, Jilin
|Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang (part), Inner Mongolia (part)
|-
|-
|[[Taiyuan Railway Bureau]]
|[[Taiyuan Railway Bureau]]
|Shanxi, Shandong, Henan
|Shanxi
|-
|-
|[[Wulumuqi Railway Bureau]]
|[[Wulumuqi Railway Bureau]]
|Xinjiang, Gansu
|Xinjiang
|-
|-
|[[Wuhan Railway Bureau]]
|[[Wuhan Railway Bureau]]
|Hubei, Henan
|Hubei
|-
|-
|[[Xi'an Railway Bureau]]
|[[Xi'an Railway Bureau]]
|Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Chongqing, Ningxia, Hubei
|Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Hubei
|-
|-
|[[Zhengzhou Railway Bureau]]
|[[Zhengzhou Railway Bureau]]
|Hubei, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong
|Hubei (part), Shaanxi, Shandong
|-
|}
|}


== List of Railway Ministers ==
== List of Railway Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! № !! Name !! Took office !! Left office
! No. !! Name !! Took office !! Left office
|-
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| 1 || [[Teng Daiyuan]] || October 1949 || January 1965
| 1 || [[Teng Daiyuan]] || October 1949 || January 1965
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| 2 || [[Lü Zhengcao]] || January 1965 || 1966
| 2 || [[Lü Zhengcao]] || January 1965 || 1966
|-
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey" | ''post abolished''
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey" | ''Post abolished''
|-
|-
| 3 || [[Wan Li]] || January 1975 || December 1976
| 3 || [[Wan Li]] || January 1975 || December 1976
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== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal|China|Trains|Engineering}}
{{Portal|China|Trains}}
* [[Ministries of China]]
*[[China Railway Museum]]
** [[Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China]]
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* [[National Railway Administration (China)]]
* [[China Railway Corporation]]
* [[China Railway Museum]]
* [[Liu Zhijun]]
* [[Liu Zhijun]]


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.china-mor.gov.cn/}} {{zh icon}}
* {{Official website|http://www.china-mor.gov.cn/}} {{in lang|zh}}
* [http://cars.rails.com.cn/ China Academy of Railway Sciences]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430114355/http://cars.rails.com.cn/ China Academy of Railway Sciences]
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* [http://www.nra.gov.cn/ National Railway Administration]{{in lang|zh}}


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{{Transport in China}}
{{Transport in China}}
{{State Council of the People's Republic of China}}
{{State Council of the People's Republic of China}}

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Latest revision as of 00:06, 8 January 2024

Ministry of Railways of the
People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国铁道部
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Tiědàobù

Headquarters of the former Ministry of Railways, now used by China State Railway Group
Agency overview
Formed1 October 1949; 75 years ago (1949-10-01)
DissolvedMarch 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03)
TypeConstituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level)
JurisdictionChina
HeadquartersBeijing
Parent agencyState Council

The Ministry of Railways (MOR) was a constituent department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

The ministry was responsible for passenger services, regulation of the rail industry, development of the rail network and rail infrastructure in mainland China. 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 (safety and regulation), National Railway Administration (inspection) and China Railway Corporation (construction and management), in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry.

History

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

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), National Railway Administration (inspection) and China Railway Corporation (construction and management),[1] in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry. The last minister was Sheng Guangzu.[2]

Rail bonds

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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 ($14.6 billion) worth of construction bonds to finance a large expansion of the country's rail network.[citation needed]

Railway bureaus and companies

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The Wuhan Railway Bureau headquarters

There were 16 railway bureaux and 2 railway group companies under the Ministry of Railways. As of 2008, approximately 2 million people worked in the Ministry of Railways.[3][4]

Bureau or Agency Railway Network in Provinces
Beijing Railway Bureau Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi (part)
Chengdu Railway Bureau Sichuan, Chongqing
Guangzhou Railway Group Co., Ltd. Guangdong, Hunan
Harbin Railway Bureau Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia (part)
Hohhot Railway Bureau Inner Mongolia (part)
Jinan Railway Bureau Shandong, Liaoning (part)
Kunming Railway Bureau Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou
Lanzhou Railway Bureau Gansu, Ningxia
Nanchang Railway Bureau Jiangxi, Fujian
Nanning Railway Bureau Guangxi, Guangdong (part)
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group Co., Ltd. Qinghai, Tibet
Shanghai Railway Bureau Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang
Shenyang Railway Bureau Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang (part), Inner Mongolia (part)
Taiyuan Railway Bureau Shanxi
Wulumuqi Railway Bureau Xinjiang
Wuhan Railway Bureau Hubei
Xi'an Railway Bureau Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Hubei
Zhengzhou Railway Bureau Hubei (part), Shaanxi, Shandong

List of Railway Ministers

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No. 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "China scraps railways ministry in streamlining drive". BBC News. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. ^ Sui-Lee Wee; Huang Yan; Miral Fahmy (25 February 2011). "China railways minister dismissed -Xinhua". The Los Angeles Times. Reuters. Retrieved 26 February 2011.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Wu, Zhong (May 7, 2008). "Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother'". Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  4. ^ Zhong, Wu (7 May 2008). "Blowing the whistle on 'Big Brother'". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
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