Fifth Ministry of Machine Building

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The Fifth Machine Industry Ministry of the PRC (中华人民共和国第五机械工业部) oversees production of tank equipment and artillery. It was created on Sept. 28, 1963.^[1]

In 1982, it changed its name to the Ministry of Ordnance Industry.

• First Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC
• Second Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of nuclear industry
• Third Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of aviation industry
• Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of electronics industry
• Sixth Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of shipbuilding
• Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of space industry
• Eighth Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC

• Malcolm Lamb: Directory of officials and Organizations in China, ME Sharpe Inc. Armonk, NY, 2003, p. 1911 +, ISBN 0-7656-1020-5, Volume 1
• China's Economic System, Routledge Abingdon 2005, 594 p., ISBN 0-415-36147-8