History
On 13 May 2005,the State Council decided to set up the National Energy Leading Group Office in the National Development and Reform Commission to undertake the daily work of the leading group. [1] On the same day,the General Office of the State Council issued a decision which stipulated that the National Energy Leading Group Office (vice-ministerial level) was established in the National Development and Reform Commission as the office of the National Energy Leading Group. [2]
On 15 March 2008,the National People's Congress approved a decision on the reform of the State Council,establishing the National Energy Commission as a high-level deliberative and coordinating body managed by the National Development and Reform Commission. [3] The responsibilities and institutions of the National Development and Reform Commission for energy industry management were integrated with the responsibilities of the Office of the National Energy Leading Group and the nuclear power management responsibilities of the Commission of Science,Technology and Industry for National Defense and transferred to the Administration. The work of the Office of the National Energy Commission was taken over by the National Energy Administration. The National Energy Leading Group and its offices were no longer retained. [4]
On July 10,2008,the General Office of the State Council issued a notice that stipulated National Energy Administration had nine internal organizations (at the deputy department level):General Affairs Department,Policy and Regulation Department,Development Planning Department,Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment Department,Electricity Department,Coal Department,Petroleum and Natural Gas Department (National Petroleum Reserve Office),New Energy and Renewable Energy Department,and International Cooperation Department. In addition,there is an agency party committee. [5] The newly established National Energy Administration was granted a separate party group,which is rare among national bureaus managed by ministries and commissions. The separate party group means that the bureau has greater autonomy in terms of organization,personnel,and other topics. [6]
On 8 August 2008,the National Energy Administration was officially established in Beijing. Zhang Ping,Director of the National Development and Reform Commission,and Zhang Guobao,Director of the National Energy Administration,jointly unveiled the establishment plaque. [7]
On 14 March 2013,the National People's Congress approved the Plan for the Reform of the State Council's Institutions and the Transformation of Its Functions,integrating the responsibilities of the National Energy Administration and the State Electricity Regulatory Commission to re-establish the National Energy Administration,which is managed by the National Development and Reform Commission. [8] On 9 June 2013,the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Issuing the Provisions on the Main Responsibilities,Internal Institutions and Staffing of the National Energy Administration was issued. [9] [10]
On 13 September 2018,the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party and the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on adjusting the responsibilities and organizational structure of the National Energy Administration,stating that "the National Energy Administration’s responsibilities for the storage,rotation and daily management of crude oil,natural gas and other materials will be transferred to the National Grain and Material Reserves Administration". [11]
In 2021,the National Energy Administration opened its office area at No. 46 Sanlihe East Auxiliary Road (formerly the First Ministry of Machine Building Building),and the National Energy Administration plaque originally hung on the National Development and Reform Commission building at No. 38 Yuetan South Street was also removed. [12] [13]
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