The administrative apparatus of the MOH includes the Ministry’s Cabinet, departments and inspectorate. Following the recent Decision of the 1st Session of the 12th National Party Congress to dissolve and merge some ministries and ministerial-level agencies, a unit of the former Committee for Population, Family Planning and Child Health was incorporated into the MOH. In addition, the MOH has 70 subordinate institutions in three major areas: (1) hospitals; (2) preventive medicine and professional institutes; and (3) medical colleges and universities.