The State Council, namely the Central People’s Government, is the highest state administrative body. The State Council carries out the laws enacted and decisions adopted by the NPC and its Standing Committee. The State Council is responsible to the NPC and its Standing Committee, and reports to them on its work. The State Council has the power to formulate administrative measures, enact administrative regulations, and promulgate decisions and orders within its functions and powers. The State Council is composed of the premier, vice-premiers, state councilors, the heads of the various ministries and commissions, the auditor-general and the secretary-general. The organizational structure of the current State Council is as follows:
State Council State Councilors: Chi Haotian, Luo Gan, Wu Yi (f.) Ismail Amat (ethnic Uygur) and Wang Zhongyu
Premier: Wen Jiabao
Vice-Premiers: Huang Ju, Wu Yi, Zeng Peiyan and Hui Liangyu
Secretary-General: Hua Jianmin (concurrently)
Ministries and Commissions Under the State Council:
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Li Zhaoxing
Minister of National Defense: Cao Gangchuan
Minister in charge of the State Development and Reform Commission: Ma Kai
Minister of Education: Zhou Ji
Minister of Science and Technology: Xu Guanhua
Minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense: Zhang Yunchuan
Minister in charge of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission: Li Dek Su (Korean)
Minister of Public Security: Zhou Yongkang
Minister of State Security: Xu Yongyue
Minister of Supervision: Li Zhilun
Minister of Civil Affairs: Li Xueju
Minister of Justice: Zhang Fusen
Minister of Finance: Jin Renqing
Minister of Personnel: Zhang Bailin
Minister of Labor and Social Security: Zheng Silin
Minister of Land and Resources: Tian Fengshan
Minister of Construction: Wang Guangtao
Minister of Railways: Liu Zhijun
Minister of Communications: Zhang Chunxian
Minister of Information Industry: Wang Xudong
Minister of Water Resources: Wang Shucheng
Minister of Agriculture: Du Qinglin
Minister of Commerce: Lu Fuyuan
Minister of Culture: Sun Jiazheng
Minister of Health: Zhang Wenkang
Minister in charge of the State Population and Family Planning Commission: Zhang Weiqing
Governor of the People's Bank of China: Zhou Xiaochuan
Auditor-General of the National Audit Office: Li Jinhua