The State Grain Reserve Bureau (Chinese: 国家粮食储备局), under the State Council of the People's Republic of China, oversees the macro-control of national food management, specific business circulation, industry guidance, and the administrative management of central grain reserves.
Established in 1991, it was initially managed by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Domestic Trade [zh], abolished in 1999, and subsequently reorganized as the State Grain Bureau and the China Reserve Grain Management Corporation [zh].
[1] Upon the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the financial department oversaw the collecting, storage, dispatch, and supply of public grain, while the commerce department managed grain purchasing and sales, transportation, market regulation, and other operations.
[5] On April 27, 1979, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issued a directive to reestablish the Ministry of Grain of China [zh].
[6][7] On February 22, 1982, the Ministry of Grain was created by the Central Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress.