THE PRESIDENT OR PREMIER | THE CABINET _______________________________ | | | | Ministry Ministry Ministry etc. (secretarial and administrative staff usually concentrated at this level) THE EXECUTIVE _YÜAN_ PRESIDENT | THE _YÜAN_ MEETING _______________________________________________________ | (composed of officers of ministerial rank | | and presided over by the President) | | | Office of Political Affairs: Sections Secretariat: Sections | | | | : : | | | | : : ..|.............|............|...|..................... : : | : | : | |________________:__________ : : | : | : | | : |: Ministry Ministry Ministry Ministry etc. The Executive _Yüan_ Meeting occurs once weekly, most commonly on Tuesday.[17] Each Meeting is presented with a formidable agenda, prepared by the Secretary-General, and divided into three categories: reports, matters for discussion, and appointments. The membership of the Meeting consists of the _Yüan_ President and Vice-President, the Ministers heading the executive Ministries, and the Chairmen of Commissions having the rank of Ministry.[18] The work of the Meeting is carried on in a business-like fashion. The Generalissimo, as incumbent _Yüan_ President, takes great interest in the work of the _Yüan_, and makes faithfulness and punctuality in attendance a matter of high importance. Because of the Japanese air raids over the capital, the exact place and hour of the weekly meeting are not announced, nor are the proceedings public. [Footnote 17: A brilliant and informative discussion of the practical work of the Executive _Yüan_ is to be found in Tsiang Ting-fu, "Executive _Yüan_," The Chinese Year Book 1936-37, cited, p. 241-6.] [Footnote 18: For these Ministries and Commissions, see the following chapter. These are not to be lumped with the Party-Ministries and Commissions which, if anything, are even more complex in structure, but whose titles follow the same scheme of terminology as that of the government.]