Beijing govt departments to be reshuffled by June

Beijing will restructure and reshuffle 19 departments of its municipal government by the end of June, sources said yesterday.

The move, part of the national government's institutional restructuring plan inked in March 2008, is expected to reduce redundancies and strengthen the city's economic and finance sectors.

Once the restructuring is complete, the municipal government will have a total of 46 departments, one more than the current 45, according to a notice published on the website of the State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform.