The State Council - the Central People's Government - is the
executive body of the highest organ of state power - the NPC, and
also the highest state administrative body. 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, the vice-premiers,
the state councilors, the secretary-general, the ministers in
charge of ministries, the ministers in charge of commissions, the
governor of the People's Bank of China, and the auditor-general of
the National Audit Office. See the next page for the organizational
structure of the current State Council.?