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                          China Streamlines Government

   China`s Cabinet, the State Council, has unveiled a government
   restructuring plan to roll back red tape and reduce administrative
   intervention business and on social issues.
   Under the reorganization, the number of ministries under the State
   Council will fall from 27 to 25, while several departments and agencies
   will be merged and reorganized.
   State Councilor Ma Kai told the session that some departments have more
   power than necessary, while in some aspects of governance, they are not
   in a position to act.
   The Council submitted the plan, China`s seventh reorganization in three
   decades, to the national legislative session on Sunday.
   Beijing has expressed concern about duplication of functions,
   overlapping management, low efficiency and bureaucracy, which have
   allowed cases of corruption and dereliction of duty.
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