Which unit does the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development belong to?

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is affiliated to the State Council. According to the institutional reform plan of the State Council approved by the first session of the 11th National People's Congress and the Notice of the State Council on Institutional Establishment (Guo Fa [2008]11No.), the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development was established as a component of the State Council. Its predecessor was1March, 1979 12, and the central government approved the establishment of the National Urban Construction Administration, which is directly under the State Council and is under the custody of the State Capital Construction Committee. On March 15, 2008, according to the institutional reform plan of the State Council adopted at the first session of the 11th National People's Congress, the Ministry of Construction was changed to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.