General Affairs State Council

The General Affairs State Council (国務院) was the official executive administrative branch of the government of the Japanese-controlled Empire of Great Manchuria from 1934–1945.

The General Affairs State Council consisted of ten ministries forming a cabinet.

The cabinet ministers were all native Manchukuoans, of either ethnic Manchu or Han Chinese descent, and in all cases, the vice-ministers in each ministry were Imperial Japanese Army officers, appointed by the Kwantung Army leadership.

The State Council itself was presided over by a Secretary-General, the first of whom was Takuzo Komai, an ethnic Japanese.

The Council's initial composition was at the time of Prime Minister Zheng Xiaoxu included the following portfolios: The State Council Building was an imposing five-story structure with two four-story wings built in downtown Xinjing in reinforced concrete with a portal frame construction with a pseudo-oriental roof with towers.