| 中华人民共和国交通运输部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Jiāotōng Yùnshūbù | |
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 Headquarters onJiangguomennei Dajie [zh] | |
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| Formed | 1954; 71 years ago (1954) |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of China |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
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| Parent agency | State Council |
| Website | www |
TheMinistry of Transport of the People's Republic of China (Chinese:中华人民共和国交通运输部) is an agency responsible for railway, road, air and water transportation regulations inChina.[1] It is a constituent department of theState Council.
The Ministry of Transport's functions include coordinating the transport system, guiding and planning the management of transport hubs, and implementing policies and standards for highways, waterways, andcivil aviation.[2]: 40
The MOT's origins date back to 1912 when theMinistry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China was established.
In early March 2008, theNational People's Congress announced the creation of a combined ministry for road, air and water transport. The Ministry of Communications,Civil Aviation Administration and theState Postal Bureau were merged into the new Ministry of Transportation.[3] This excluded rail transport, which was administered by theMinistry of Railways until its regulatory function passed to the MOT in March 2013.
Several agencies reporting to the Ministry. These include:
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One predecessor to the current ministry was the Ministry of Communications (MOC). In other countries, aMinistry of Communications is responsible for telecommunications and broadcasting. However, the Chinese MOC supervised road and water transport, with other ministries overseeing telecommunications and broadcasting. This discrepancy was caused by changes in the English language that took place after the Ministry was first created.
One definition of the English wordcommunication is the linking of two points by a means of transport.[4][5] Roads, railways, and waterways were all considered to be forms of communication.[6] When theQing Dynasty established theMinistry of Posts and Communications in 1906, the English wordcommunication still carried this meaning.[7] After the People's Republic of China was established, other ministries were created to oversee railways, airlines, postal services, and telecommunications. The remaining transportation functions remained with the Ministry of Communications.
However, the English language moved in the opposite direction. By 1907,communication had begun to acquire a different meaning: a system of transmitting information over a distance.[5] This eventually became the primary meaning of the wordcommunication, whiletransport andtransportation became the preferred terms for the linking of two points. As a result, the Chinese Ministry of Communications ended up with a different set of responsibilities from the Ministry of Communications in other countries.
Means of Communication. These may be divided into rail communications, road communications, and water communications.
At first rail communication on the north of San Francisco over the Southern Pacific was cut off above Santa Rosa, which is sixty miles above the Western metropolis. On the south trains could not run above Fresno.
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