Table 5 Level of decentralization in each province
Province | The level of government that mainly holds administrative authority during mergers and reorganizations | Level of decentralization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
The authority to determine qualified enterprises to be the primary merging and reorganizing parties | The authority to decide the coal mines that are to be merged (or closed) | The authority to approve merging and reorganizing limits of the primary merging enterprises | ||
Beijing | Provincial government | Provincial government | – | Provincial level |
Hebei | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial level |
Shanxi | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial level |
Inner Mongolia | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Hunan | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial level |
Heilongjiang | Partial prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Partial prefectural (county) government | Partial prefectural (county) level |
Jilin | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Liaoning | Partial prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Partial prefectural (county) government | Partial prefectural (county) level |
Anhui | Provincial government | Provincial government | Partial prefectural (county) government | Provincial level |
Jiangxi | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Fujian | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Hubei | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Hunan | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Sichuan | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Chongqing | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Guizhou | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Yunnan | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Guangxi | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Shaanxi | Prefectural (county) government | Partial prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Gansu | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Ningxia | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial government | Provincial level |
Xinjiang | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |
Qinghai | Without merger | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) government | Prefectural (county) level |