In a second major move, China plans to form a ministry of industry and information to integrate relavant functions of the NDRC, the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, Ministry of Information Industry and the State Council Informatization Office.

The planned restructuring will also include a consolidated ministry of transport, which will replace the Ministry of Communications and the General Administration of Civil Aviation.

Under the new ministry will be a newly formed state civil aviation bureau, and the State Post Bureau, previously under the Ministry of Information Industry.

The reshuffle plan also includes the establishment of ministry of human resources and social security, combining the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. A state bureau of civil servants will be formed under the new ministry.