1998年 3月，九届全国人大一次会议批准了国务院机构改革方案，于是，一场由国务院带头的全国党政机关机构改革正式拉开了帷幕。在随后的 9个月时间里，国务院工作部门由原来的 40个精简为 29个，机关人员编制减少 1 6万余人，基本达到精简一半的预期目标。 1999年，省级行政 In March 1998, the first session of the Ninth National People’s Congress approved the State Department’s institutional reform plan. As a result, a formal reform of the party and government organs and institutions led by the State Council took the official start. In the following 9 months, the work department of the State Council has been reduced from 40 to 29, and the number of staff in the department decreased by 1.6 million, basically reaching the expected target of reducing it by half. In 1999, provincial administration