The State Council appoints and removes state employees.

The State Council appoints and removes national staff. Appointing Chang Junhong as Assistant Minister of Finance; appointing Lei Xiaowu as Deputy Director of the National Bureau of Statistics; appointing Wang Jianbo as Deputy Director of the National Energy Administration; appointing Yao Laiying as Director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration. Dismissing Zhao Zenglian from the position of Deputy Director of the General Customs Administration; dismissing Yao Laiying from the position of Deputy Director of the State Administration of Taxation; dismissing Sheng Laiyun from the position of Deputy Director of the National Bureau of Statistics; dismissing Zhang Jianmin from the position of Director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.