PROVISIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL OUTLINE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
--Adopted at the 16th Regular Session of the People's Council
20 June 1932

1.  In the Central Government the Department of Internal Affairs is attached to the People's Council and is known as the Department of People's Commissioners of Internal Affairs. It is known as the Department of Internal Affairs in counties and provinces under the direction of the Presidium of the Executive Committee. No department of internal affairs is set up in districts.

2.  Administratively, the different levels of the department of internal affairs are placed under the direct authority of the department of internal affairs of a higher level, thus establishing a direct systematic relationship, and absolutely act under the order of that department. However, at the same time, they are subjected to the guidance of the presidium of the government at the same level, thus creating a lateral relationship. A department of internal affairs may organize a committee on internal affairs to be composed of three to nine members.

3.  After the election of the director of a lower-level department of internal affairs by the Soviet congress of the same level, his name must be submitted to the department of internal affairs of a higher level for approval.

4.  For the time being, the department of internal affairs has charge of Municipal Administration, people's police, criminal cases, criminal investigation, public health, communication, post and telecommunications, food, social security, census, registration of births and deaths, and of marriages, etc. Under the Department of People's Commissioners of Internal Affairs are established tentatively the following:
    (a) Directorate of Municipal Administration;
    (b) Administrative Bureau;
    (c) Directorate of Public Health;
    (d) Directorate of Communication;
    (e) Directorate of Social Security; and
    (f) Directorate of Posts and Telecommunications.

(Note 1) The directorates of public health, communication, post and telecommunications, social security, and food are provisional organs to be set up prior to the establishment of the departments of public health, communication, posts and telecommunications, etc., whose work is being administered by the department of internal affairs on a temporary basis.

(Note 2) For the time being, the department (division) of public health will not be established in the municipal Soviets, districts, counties, and provinces. Under the department of internal affairs a division of public health will be set up temporarily, and in a district it will be the responsibility of the presidium of that district. A department (division) of food must be set up in all municipal Soviets, districts, counties, and provinces, subjected to the guidance of the Department of People's Commissioners of Internal Affairs in the Central Government.

5.  The department of internal affairs in a county or province will set up only these divisions: administrative, municipal administration, communication, public health, and social security. A municipal Soviet will establish an administrative division to administer the people's police and concurrently handle criminal investigation. Bigger cities will set up a division of municipal administration and an administrative division to have charge of city administration, people's police, and criminal investigation.

6.  In the Department of Internal Affairs in the Central Government, apart from the director and deputy director, there is a head for each of the six directorates, and in the provinces a head for each of the five divisions, namely, administrative, municipal administration, communication, public health, and social security. In the county there is a head for each of the two divisions, and in the municipalities there is only the head of the administrative division.

(Note) In a small county the director of the department can act concurrently as the head of one of the two divisions, leaving only one divisional head to be added.

7.  Aside from the responsible working personnel listed in Item 6, consideration may be given to the employment of technicians to undertake technical work. Such personnel will be appointed by order of the director.

8.  The business to be handled by each of the directorates (divisions) are as follows:
    (a) The directorate of municipal administration is to administer the city's construction affairs, such as highways, streets, streetcar lines, electric lights, and water supply, and to construct and manage other city enterprises.
    (b) The administrative bureau of administrative division is: (a) to administer the people's police, train and educate the people's police, conduct census, keep registers of births and deaths and of marriages, set up street lights, oversee and direct the people's police in maintaining order in the city and cleanliness in the streets and upholding the prohibition of opium-smoking and gambling; and (b) to direct criminal investigation, train criminal investigation personnel, and investigate and arrest all kinds of criminal offenders (such as thieves, robbers, murderers, etc.).
    (c) The directorate (division) of public health is to administer hospitals, take precautions against epidemics and infectious diseases and keep them in check, pay attention to public health, inspect land and water conservancy, community mess halls, and people's homes for cleanliness, test and supervise doctors and pharmacists, and inspect the drug and medicinal herb business.
    (d) The directorate (division) of communication is to plan, construct, and inspect roads and bridges, and supervise their repair and improvement, administer shipping, dredge navigable channels, and set up beacons, and administer inland transportation (such as railroads, highways, and air navigation) and its improvement, and all other matters concerning communication.
    (e) The directorate (division) of social security is to administer relief to the poverty-stricken in society and relief in case of flood, drought, and other kinds of calamities.
    (f) The directorate of posts and telecommunications is to develop and administer the postal, telegraph, radiogram, and long-distance telephone services.

(Note) Posts and telecommunications are under centralized management, therefore the directorate of post and telecommunications is set up only under the Department of People's Commissioners of Internal Affairs in the Central Government and not below the provincial level.

9.  In case of necessity, the various directorates or divisions may set up committees and appoint experts as members. The head of the directorate or division will serve as chairman and committee members will range from three to five in number.

10. The organizational outlines of the department of food and the department of public health in the local government and detailed regulations governing their work will be formulated and promulgated separately.

11. A number of advisors may be appointed to supervise the conduct of departmental business and guide the work of subordinates.

12. Detailed regulations governing the office work of the department of internal affairs will be formulated separately.

13. The provisional organizational outline may be revised or abolished at any time by the People's Council.

14. This provisional organizational outline takes effect from the day of promulgation in the two provinces of Fukien and Kiangsi and in Jui-chin county directly under the central authority. However, in soviet areas which are not contiguous to the Central Soviet Area, it takes effect from the day of its arrival.

People's Council
Chairman: Mao Tse-tung
Vice-chairmen: Hsiang Ying
Chang Kuo-tao
10 June 1932

"Provisional Organizational Outline of the Department of Internal Affairs, Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic" (mimeograph)