I. ORGANIZATION DUTIES
I. Functions and Responsibilities
The Ministry of the Interior is in charge of:
1. Administration of the Internal affairs of the Republic of China.
2.Guiding and supervising chief local-government administrators in their execution of
Ministry programs.
3.Whenever necessary, suspending or revoking orders or decisions of these chief
administrators if deemed contrary to the laws and regulations of the Executive Yuan.
II. Current Organization
The Ministry of the Interior is composed of ten departments, one office, five committees,
one center, seven agencies and one provisional office.
In addition, there are fourteen
subordinate agencies involving social affairs and two handling land affairs and all of these
agencies function under The Ministry of the Interior. See Figure 1-1.
III. Responsibilities of Administrative Units
1.The Department of Civil Affairs is charged with administering various quasi-autonomous
operations of local governments, and also with administration and management of frontier
areas, public properties, political organizations, elections, religious ceremonies and
customs, funeral and memorial services, and memorial rites as well as other civil affairs.
2.The Department of Household Registration Affairs handles household registrations,
nationality administrations, population policies, and issuance of identification cards,
emigration planning and other affairs concerning population administration.
3.The Department of Social Affairs is responsible for social welfare, social insurance, social
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relief, community development, social services, rehabilitation of physically and mentally
disabled citizens, civil organizations, and other social administration affairs.
4.The Department of Land Administration controls land surveys and registrations, land
value assessments, equalization of land rights, land entitlement investigations, land
consolidation, land expropriation, land utilization, territorial administration and other
land administration affairs.
IV. Responsibilities of Subordinate Agencies
1.The National Police Agency administers national police affairs.
2.The Construction and Planning Agency handles matters involving administration of
national construction affairs.
3.The National Fire Agency controls national fire fighting matters.
4.The Conscription Agency covers military conscription administration and substituteservice administration affairs.
5.The Central Police University is responsible for coordinating academic police research and
education of police officers.
6.The Architecture and Building Research Institute is in charge of national architectural
research and development.
7.The Child Welfare Bureau handles national child welfare affairs.
8. The National Airborne Service Headquarters Provisional Office is responsible for
supporting aerial disasters, emergencies and exploration of disaster scenes and of airborne
transportation. This service was established on 10 March, 2004.
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Table 1-1 Staff of the Ministry of the Interior and Subordinate Agencies
End of 2004
Unit：Person
Agency
Total
Ministry of the Interior
National Police Agency and
Subordinate Agencies
Construction and Planning
Agency and Subordinate
Agencies
National Fire Agency and
Subordinate Agencies
Conscription Agency
Central Police University
Architecture and Building
Research Institute
Child Welfare Bureau
National Airborne Service
Headquarters Provisional
Office
Subordinate Agencies of
Social Affairs
Subordinate Agencies of
Land Affairs
Special
Rank
Officers
Total
Other Ranks
Selected
21 666
1
869
Recommended
Delegated
11 811
433
7 460
1
508
78
17 040
-
134
9 407
6 345
1 546
-
85
746
350
449
-
34
288
127
135
362
-
18
124
93
204
23
34
49
-
10
30
6
35
-
2
28
5
243
-
5
98
58
590
-
13
266
259
348
-
5
218
103
3
150
Table 1-1 Staff of the Ministry of the Interior and Subordinate Agencies (Cont.)
End of 2004
Agency
Contract
Employees
Assistant Clerks
Total
Ministry of the Interior
National Police Agency and
Subordinate Agencies
Construction and Planning
Agency and Subordinate
Agencies
National Fire Agency and
Subordinate Agencies
Conscription Agency
Central Police University
Architecture and Building
Research Institute
Child Welfare Bureau
National Airborne Service
Headquarters Provisional
Office
Subordinate Agencies of
Social Affairs
Subordinate Agencies of
Land Affairs
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Contracted Workers
294
1
513
116
1 079
90
290
167
697
3
92
270
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
82
-
-
45
7
-
8
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