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GBF No. (1996)15
All provincial, autonomous region and municipal People’s Governments, all State Council ministries and Commissions, all directly subordinate organs:
In order to strengthen leadership over nationwide informatization work, the State Council has decided to establish the State Council Leading Group for Informatization Work (hereafter simply named Leading Group). Hereby, the relevant measures are notified as follows:
I, Main responsibilities of the Leading Group
The Leading Group is the consultative and coordination organ responsible for informatization work nationwide, its main duties are:
(1) researching and formulating national informatization work principles and pollicies, organizing and coordinating the drafting work of relevant laws and regulations.
(2) organizing and drafting national informatization development strategies, overall planning (including national information infrastructure, information technology and information industry, major information projects matters, information resource exploitation and information talent training, etc.), as well as phased implementation schemes. Supervising and examining the implementations of plans and schemes.
(3) Organizing and coordinating the construction of major national information projects across departments, across regions, which relate to national economic and oscial development, coordinating and guiding informatization construction work in major cities and major regions; under comprehensive planning, putting forward opinions over major information project establishment, feasibbility research and initiation of construction.
(4) Coordinating and resolving marjo problems in our country’s large-scale computer networks and relevant international networking work.
(5) Organizing research of crucial technology in national informatization construction, coordinating and formulating relevant public technological and applied standards.
(6) Undertaking other work submitted by the State Council.
II, Composition of the Leading Group
Chair:
Zou Jiahua (State Council Vice-Premier)
Vice-Chairs:
Hu Qili (Minister of the Ministry of Electronics)
Wu Jichuan (Minister of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications)
Liu Qibao (Vice-Chief Secretary of the State Council)
Ceng Peiyan (State Planning Commission, Vice-Director)
Zhu Lilan (State Commission for Economics and Trade, Vice-Director)
Chen Yuan (People’s Bank of China, Vice-Director)
Members:
Wei Yu (State Education Commission, Vice-Director)
Zhang Youcai (Ministry of Finance, Vice-Minister
Lü Xinkui (Ministry of Electronics, Vice-Minister)
Liu Shanzai (Ministry of Foreign Economics and Trade, Vice-Minister)
He Dongcai (Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, Vice-Minister)
Liu Wenjie (General Administration of Customs, Vice-Director)
Xiang Huaicheng (General Taxation Bureau, Vice-Director)
Li Bing (State Council Information Office, Vice-Director)
Lu Yongxiang (Chinese Academy of Science, Vice-Director)
Li Runsen (Ministry of Public Security, Assistant Minister)
Li Rui (National Technology Supervision Bureau, Vice-Director)
Yuan Ban’gen (General Staff Headquaters Communication Department, Director)
3, The administrative body of the Leading Group
An office is set up under the Leading Group, the former Office of the National Joint Conference for Economic Informatization is changed into the Leading Group’s Office. The Office is the daily administrative body for the Leading Group, and is responsible for all work submitted by the Leading Group. The headship of the Office is held part=time by Vice-Minister of Electronics, Lü Xinkiu. The Office is provided with two full-time and two part-time vice-directors, the full-time vice-directors are respectively appointed by the Ministry of Electronics and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications; the part-time vice-directors are respectively appointed by the State Planning Commission and the State Science and Technology Commission.
If member work units and members of the Leading Group need to be reorganized, the matter is to be reported to the Chair of the Leading Group for approval after consultation between the relevant work units and the Leading Group’s Office.
State Council General Office of the People’s Republic of China
16 April 1996.
国务院办公厅关于成立国务院信息化工作领导小组的通知 国办发〔1996〕15号各省、自治区、直辖市人民政府，国务院各部委、各直属机构：为加强对全国信息化工作的领导，国务院决定成立国务院信息化工作领导小组(以下简称领导小组)。现将有关事项通知如下：一、领导小组的主要职责领导小组是国务院负责全国信息化工作的议事协调机构，其主要职责是：(一)研究制订国家信息化工作的方针、政策，组织协调有关法规、规章的起草工作。(二)组织拟订国家信息化的发展战略、总体规划(包括国家信息基础设施、信息技术与信息产业、重大信息工程项目、信息资源开发及信息人才培养等)以及分阶段实施方案。监督、检查规划、方案的实施。(三)组织协调跨部门、跨地区、关系国民经济和社会发展的国家重大信息工程项目的建设，协调、指导重点城市与重点地区的信息化建设工作；在统筹规划下，对重大信息工程项目的立项、可行性研究和开工建设提出意见。(四)协调、解决我国大型计算机信息网络及有关国际联网工作中的重大问题。(五)组织研究国家信息化建设中涉及的关键技术，协调制订有关共性的技术和应用标准。(六)承办国务院交办的其他事项。二、领导小组的组成组长：邹家华(国务院副总理)副组长：胡启立(电子部部长)吴基传(邮电部部长)刘奇葆(国务院副秘书长)曾培炎(国家计委副主任)徐鹏航(国家经贸委副主任)朱丽兰(国家科委副主任)陈元(人民银行副行长)成员：韦钰(国家教委副主任)张佑才(财政部副部长)吕新奎(电子部副部长)刘山在(外经贸部副部长)何栋材(广播影视部副部长)刘文杰(海关总署副署长)项怀诚(税务总局副局长)李冰(国务院新闻办公室副主任)陆甬祥(中国科学院副院长)李润森(公安部部长助理)李瑞(国家技术监督局副局长)袁邦根(总参通信部部长)三、领导小组的办事机构领导小组下设办公室，原国家经济信息化联席会议办公室改为领导小组办公室。办公室是领导小组的日常办事机构，承担领导小组交办的各项工作。办公室主任由电子部副部长吕新奎兼任。办公室设专职、兼职副主任各2名，专职副主任分别由电子部和邮电部派出；兼职副主任分别由国家计委和国家科委派出。领导小组成员单位及成员今后如需调整，由有关单位与领导小组办公室协商后，报领导小组组长审批。中华人民共和国国务院办公厅一九九六年四月十六日
