Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (1949–1954)

During the first five years of the People's Republic of China (1949 to 1954), the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China served as supreme organ for exercising state power when the National People's Congress was not in session, as determined by the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Since 1954, the Central People's Government has been synonymous with the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The term Central People's Government is still used in Mainland agencies in Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

History
On 27 September 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference passed the Organic Law of the Central People's Government. It also elected the Central People's Government Committee on 30 September.

Organizational structure
The Central People's Government was then composed of:

(中央人民政府委員會) (中央人民政府政務院) (中央人民政府人民革命軍事委員會) (中央人民政府最高人民法院) (中央人民政府最高人民檢察署) (中央人民政府國家計畫委員會) (各大區行政委員會)
 * Ministries of the Central People's Government
 * People's Revolutionary Military Committee of the Central People's Government
 * Supreme People's Court of the Central People's Government
 * Supreme People's Procuratorate of the Central People's Government
 * State Planning Commission of the Central People's Government (1952–1954)
 * Regional administrative committees (1952–1954)
 * Northeast Administrative Council (東北行政委員會)
 * North China Administrative Council (華北行政委員會)
 * Northwest Administrative Council (西北行政委員會)
 * Southwest Administrative Council (西南行政委員會)
 * East China Administrative Council (華東行政委員會)
 * Central and South Administrative Council (中南部行政委員會)