National Development and Reform Commission


The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China, formerly State Planning Commission and State Development Planning Commission, is a macroeconomic management agency under the State Council, which has broad administrative and planning control over the economy of Mainland China. It has reputation of being the "mini-state council".
The candidate for the chairperson of the NDRC is nominated by the Premier of the People's Republic of China and approved by the National People's Congress. Since February 2017 the Commission has been headed by He Lifeng.
The NDRC's functions are to study and formulate policies for economic and social development, maintain the balance of economic development, and to guide restructuring of the economic system of Mainland China. The NDRC has twenty-six functional departments/bureaus/offices with an authorized staff size of 890 civil servants. Prior to 2018, it was also responsible for enforcing China's antitrust law, but this function has been transferred to the State Administration for Market Regulation.

List of Ministers in charge of the Commission

№NameOfficeTook officeLeft officePremier
1Gao GangChairman of the
Central People's Government State Planning Commission		November 1952August 1954Independent of the Premier Zhou Enlai
2Li FuchunMinister in charge of the
State Planning Commission		September 1954January 1975Zhou Enlai
3Yu QiuliMinister in charge of the
State Planning Commission		January 1975August 1980Zhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng
4Yao YilinMinister in charge of the
State Planning Commission		August 1980June 1983Zhao Ziyang
5Song PingMinister in charge of the
State Planning Commission		June 1983June 1987Zhao Ziyang
6Yao YilinMinister in charge of the
State Planning Commission		June 1987December 1989Zhao Ziyang
Li Peng
7Zou JiahuaMinister in charge of the
State Planning Commission		December 1989March 1993Li Peng
8Chen JinhuaMinister in charge of the
State Planning Commission		March 1993March 1998Li Peng
9Zeng PeiyanMinister in charge of the
State Development Planning Commission		March 1998March 2003Zhu Rongji
10Ma KaiMinister in charge of the
National Development and Reform Commission		March 2003March 2008Wen Jiabao
11Zhang PingMinister in charge of the
National Development and Reform Commission		March 200816 March 2013Wen Jiabao
12Xu ShaoshiMinister in charge of the
National Development and Reform Commission		16 March 201324 February 2017Li Keqiang
13He LifengMinister in charge of the
National Development and Reform Commission		24 February 2017IncumbentLi Keqiang

Current Leadership

; Chairman
  1. He Lifeng - Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee
; Vice Chairmen
  1. Mu Hong - Minister level, Deputy General Office chief of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms
  2. Zhang Yong - Minister level
  3. Ning Jizhe - Minister level
  4. Lian Weiliang
  5. Lin Nianxiu
  6. Hu Zucai
  7. Luo Wen

    Agencies

National Energy Administration

NEA was established in August 2008, replacing the National Energy Bureau which attempted to reform China’s highly dispersed energy management.