The State Council appoints and dismisses national staff and appoints Miao Deyu as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The State Council appoints and dismisses national staff. Appoints Miao Deyu as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; appoints Liu Dongshun as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources; appoints Huang Sanwen as President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Dismisses Wu Kongming from the position of President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; dismisses Liu Dongshun from the position of Director of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission.