The sixth Chief Executive elected by Hong Kong Li Jiachao announced the sixth government structure restructuring plan when meeting with the media today (17th) afternoon. The new government structure will be increased from 3 departments and 13 bureaus to 3 departments and 15 bureaus, and 3 deputy directors will be added, namely the Deputy Director of the Department of Government Affairs, the Deputy Director of the Finance Department and the Deputy Director of the Department of Justice.
3 guild has passed the plan and submitted it to the Legislative Council for discussion
Li Jiachao thanked the Chief Executive and the Executive Council for passing the sixth government structure restructuring plan and handed over the plan to the Legislative Council for discussing. He overall adopted the "3 divisions and 15 bureaus" plan proposed by the current government and proposed to add 3 deputy directors.
In terms of policy bureau, (I) established a new Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, and took over the scope of cultural, art and sports affairs from House Affairs Bureau, and took over the scope of film, creative industry and tourism affairs from House Affairs Bureau, and took over the scope of film, creative industry and tourism affairs from commerce and economic development Bureau;
(III) Split the Transportation and Housing Bureau into two decision-making bureaus, namely the Transportation and Logistics Bureau and the Housing Bureau;
(III) Reorganize the Civil Affairs Bureau and rename it to the Innovation Technology and Industry Bureau;
(IV) Reorganize the Civil Affairs Bureau and reorganize it into the Innovation Technology and Industry Bureau;
(IV) Reorganize the Civil Affairs Bureau The Bureau of Affairs is the Bureau of Civil Affairs and Youth Affairs;
(V) Expand the Environmental Bureau and rename it the Bureau of Environment and Ecology, and take over the policies of environmental sanitation, food safety, fishery, and livestock public health under the Food and Health Bureau;
(V) Reorganize the Food and Health Bureau into the Medical and Health Bureau;
(V) Implement the policy transfer between a number of decision-making bureaus and offices to streamline and integrate policy functions, including allocating closely related policy categories such as human resources development, retirement security and poverty alleviation to the same decision-making bureau, that is, the Bureau of Labor and Welfare .
Some departments have also been adjusted. The observatory, which was originally led by the Financial Secretary and under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Commerce and Economic Development, will be changed to the "Environment and Ecological Bureau" led by the Secretary for Administration of Government;
Fisheries, Agriculture, Natural Care Department, , Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, , and Government Laboratory, will be managed by the "Environment and Ecological Bureau";
The newly established "Cultural, Sports and Tourism Bureau" will manage the Leisure, Culture and Service Department, which was originally under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Home Affairs, and the Tourism Bureau under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Commerce and Economic Development.
Photo: Hong Kong Government News Office
In addition, the plan passed by the Executive Council also includes new suggestions put forward by the Chief Executive elected Li Jiachao to strengthen the top-level structure of the government:
(I ) According to Article 48 (5) of the Basic Law, three new positions of politically appointed officials shall be opened, with the ranks of deputy directors, namely deputy directors of the Department of Government, deputy directors of the Finance Department and deputy directors of the Department of Justice;
(II) Strengthen the current offices of the Secretary for Administration, the Secretary for Finance and the Secretary for Justice, each office shall add a chief officer and a political assistant position shall be opened to assist the Secretary for Justice.
Under the new architecture, each policy bureau can generate synergistic effects
Li Jiachao explained that there are mainly multiple considerations for adopting the restructuring plan, including that some policy bureaus must deal with multiple policy areas at the same time, which has a huge workload. After the restructuring, it can focus more and focus more on dealing with problems in detail. For example, the spin-off of the Transportation and Housing Bureau can focus on dealing with two major issues that are of great concern to the society; the reorganization of the Medical and Health Bureau can focus more on responding to the new crown epidemic and solving medical system problems. Under the new structure, each policy bureau can produce synergistic effects to make the rights and responsibilities clearer. For example, after the expansion of the Environmental Bureau into the "Environment and Ecology Bureau", the bureau will handle environmental sanitation, food safety, fishery and agriculture policies at that time; and the newly established "Cultural, Sports and Tourism Bureau" can do a good job in youth work, and the "Innovative Science and Technology and Industry Bureau" can cooperate and make good use of the opportunities of the national "14th Five-Year Plan".
The Chief Executive elected Li Jiachao met with the media in 's Chief Executive Office . Reporter Feng Junwen
He also said that the addition of three deputy directors is to strengthen governance, because the current three directors have a wide range of jurisdiction and heavy work, which consumes their coordination and command capabilities. After the reorganization, the Secretary for Administration will supervise and coordinate 9 policy bureaus, the Secretary for Financial Affairs will supervise and coordinate 6 policy bureaus, and the Secretary for Justice will also supervise 6 professional departments, promote international and mainland exchanges and cooperation, and promote Hong Kong's rule of law, judicial independence and highly respected legal system to the outside world. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a deputy director. Three deputy directors can be assigned to deal with individual policy areas or specific projects, such as the "Public Housing Project Action Working Group" and the "Land and Housing Supply Coordination Group" proposed in his political platform to strengthen governance capabilities.
team is being promoted. The candidate will not be disclosed for the time being
Li Jiachao pointed out that the team work is being actively promoted, and details will not be disclosed at this stage. The deputy director's criterion for selecting talents is to have the ability to coordinate and command and be consistent with his own governance philosophy. He emphasized that the selection criteria must be to use talents based on talents. In the selection of talents in different policy bureaus, we also attach importance to the matching of the candidate's background and experience with the position.
Li Jiachao also pointed out that the appointment time is decided by the central government. As for how the director and the deputy director handle the project, it is emphasized that it will be determined according to the project and the arrangements of both parties, including three situations. First, assist the director and report to the director through the deputy director; second, the director decides that the deputy director shall be responsible for the project alone, and the department shall be deducted to report to the deputy director; third, for projects that the chief chief is particularly concerned about, the director or deputy director shall be required to report to him according to actual needs.
confirmed the establishment of a "policy research group"
Regarding whether the "Central Policy Group" will be reset, Li Jiachao said that he would announce it to the public after the team was completed, but confirmed that a "policy research group" will be established to study some cross-border policy issues. Regarding the functions of the policy group, he said that he attached importance to strengthening policies. The current policy research work is carried out within the bureau. He hopes that policy research can be conducted outside the government and help the government fully grasp the different angles of policies through more angles and perspectives. He also pointed out that he hopes that the policy research group can help him examine or involve work in areas or responsibilities of multiple policy bureaus, thereby studying aspects that can be promoted.
Li Jiachao said on Friday he will attend the Legislative Council's review plan group with current government officials to answer questions from lawmakers, as well as the subsequent personnel preparation group and financial committee meetings. He hopes to complete the legislative process by mid-next month so that the new government structure can be implemented on July 1.
It is reported that the restructuring plan proposes to add 13 politically appointed officials and 57 civil servant positions, with the total salary expenditure involved being approximately RMB 95 million per year.
Editor: Jiang Lu Review: Rainshan
