The full name of the National Development and Reform Commission is Development and Reform Bureau, which is an administrative unit, not a public institution. There is no so-called administrative agency. Administrative units are units where civil servants work, and public institutions are units where staff work.

The National Development and Reform Commission is a government department. (institutions that exist at the national, provincial, municipal and county levels and are juxtaposed with departments/departments/bureaus such as finance and education. Some provinces have no development and reform commission and have not yet reformed. Now it is called Economic Commission, Economic and Trade Commission, etc. And sooner or later, it will be changed to the National Development and Reform Commission. Some local development and reform commissions and economic commissions are juxtaposed, and sooner or later they will merge into a development and reform commission with only 1. )

The institutions affiliated to the county-level development and reform bureau are institutions in nature and are subordinate to the development and reform bureau. The staff inside is a career establishment, not a civil servant establishment, and the unit itself does not belong to the administrative organ. County-level development and reform bureau belongs to the organization department of county-level government and is the administrative organ directly under the county level. Under normal circumstances, the county-level development and reform bureau belongs to the department-level unit. The director is a minister.

The Provisional Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Public Institutions (Order No.252 of the State Council, 4 1 1) stipulates that public institutions refer to social service organizations organized by state organs or other organizations and engaged in education, science and technology, culture, health and other activities for the purpose of social welfare. Institutions are usually subordinate to and led by administrative organs.

An administrative unit refers to a unit that carries out state administration, organizes economic and cultural construction, and maintains social public order. It mainly includes state power organs, administrative organs, judicial organs, procuratorial organs, other organs and political parties that implement budget management.