The highest cultural administrative organ in China is the Ministry of Culture, which is a functioning ministry under the State Council and is in charge of cultural and artistic undertakings throughout the country.
The tasks for this department are to: guarantee the treatment of retirees due to their political status; make clear their health, studies and life; transmit their opinions and request to correspondent department to properly solve their problems...
The task for this department is to research, make and carry out development plan for artistic education in colleges and schools under the ministry, cultural, scientific and technological development plan and annual executive plan...
This department is in charge of foreign affairs in cultural work and cultural exchanges with the HKSAR, Macao and Taiwan; making policies and regulations for this work; signing cultural cooperation agreement between China and foreign countries...
The task of this department is to research and make development plan as well as policies and regulations for the cultural industry; support and accelerate the development and building of cultural industry...