THE COUNCIL OF STATE | | | Election Committee on } | | | { Office of the Representation in the } | | | { Comptroller-General People's Congress } | | | { } | | |--{ Office of Civil Affairs Academia Sinica } | | { (Transmission) } | | { Commission for the }--| | { Office of Military Disciplinary } | { Affairs (Transmission) Punishment of Public } | Officials } | } | Planning Committee for } | { THE MILITARY AFFAIRS the Western Capital } | { COMMISSION |--{ The Chairman THE PEOPLES POLITICAL | { The Military Departments COUNCIL | | { THE EXECUTIVE _YÜAN_ |--{ The Executive Ministries | { ("the cabinet") | |--{ THE LEGISLATIVE _YÜAN_ | |--{ THE JUDICIAL _YÜAN_ | { The court system | |--{ THE EXAMINATION _YÜAN_ | |--{ THE CONTROL _YÜAN_ The other four agencies directly dependent on the Council of State are all of important character, but likely to be impaired by a period of crisis. The Academia Sinica (_Kuo-li Chung-yang Yen-chiu Yüan_) serves scientific and educational work through its own research bureaus, through systems of extended aid, and through a program of publications; despite war, it has continued, making heroic efforts to preserve the national cultural vitality and continuity. The three remaining agencies are of less importance, although the Planning Committee for the Western Capital (_Hsi-ching Ch'ou-pei Wei-yüan-hui_) found its work considerably extended when, on October 1, 1940, Chungking was formally denominated an auxiliary capital of the Chinese Republic, and a long-standing anomaly--that of the city's uncertain status--was removed. The Council of State could be regarded, therefore, as a mere excrescence upon the design of government were it not that ceremonial and formal functions, indispensable to any government but particularly salient in China, can be delegated to it, and the actual policy-making agencies thereby stripped down to maximal utility and efficacy. THE EXECUTIVE _Yüan_