Ministerial level Official website of Minhou Taxation Bureau shows that the director of the bureau is a ministerial-level and third-level official, and China's State Taxation Bureau is divided into four levels, with State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China of People's Republic of China (PRC) as the minister, Provincial State Taxation Bureau as the director, Municipal State Taxation Bureau as the director, and County State Taxation Bureau as the director.