The Ministry of Railways (MOR) was a constituent department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

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Ministry of Railways of the
People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国铁道部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Tiědàobù
Headquarters of the former Ministry of Railways, now used by China State Railway Group
Agency overview
Formed	1 October 1949; 74 years ago (1949-10-01)
Dissolved	March 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03)
Type	Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level)
Jurisdiction	China
Headquarters	Beijing
Parent agency	State Council

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The ministry was responsible for passenger services, regulation of the rail industry, development of the rail network and rail infrastructure in mainland China. The ministry was also in charge of the operations of China Railway which manages the railway bureaux and companies in mainland China.

On 10 March 2013, it was announced that the Ministry would be dissolved and its duties taken up by the Ministry of Transport (safety and regulation), National Railway Administration (inspection) and China Railway Corporation (construction and management), in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry.

The Ministry of Railways' predecessor was the Qing and the Republican Ministry of Posts and Communications.

On 10 March 2013, it was announced that the Ministry would be dissolved and its duties taken up by the Ministry of Transport (safety and regulation), National Railway Administration (inspection) and China Railway Corporation (construction and management),^[1] in part addressing concerns about calls for independent supervision of the rail industry. The last minister was Sheng Guangzu.^[2]

MOR, acting as a corporation in the debt market, has sold 60 billion yuan of bonds in 2007.

For the year 2009, MOR planned to sell at least 100 billion yuan ($14.6 billion) worth of construction bonds to finance a large expansion of the country's rail network.^{[citation needed]}

There were 16 railway bureaux and 2 railway group companies under the Ministry of Railways. As of 2008, approximately 2 million people worked in the Ministry of Railways.^[3][4]

• China Railway Museum
• Liu Zhijun