The Ministry of Railways (MOR), which has long been at the center of controversy for being both a policymaker and a service provider, will be broken up into administrative and commercial arms—namely the State Railway Administration and the China Railway Corp.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Population and Family Planning Commission will be merged into a new organ combining their functions.

The status of the existing State Food and Drug Administration will be elevated to a general administration in order to improve food and drug safety, a top concern among the public.

The country's top oceanic administration will be restructured to bring its maritime law enforcement units, currently scattered throughout different ministries and departments, under unified management.

The National Energy Administration (NEA) will be restructured to streamline the administrative and regulatory systems of the energy sector. The new NEA will incorporate the functions of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, which will be dissolved.

Two media regulators—the General Administration of Press and Publication and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television—will be merged into a single entity, a move meant to promote the country's cultural institutions at home and abroad.

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