Which level is higher between the Health Commission and the original Ministry of Health?

The Health Commission was formed by the merger of the original Ministry of Health and Family Planning Commission, and its level is still the original ministerial level.

The National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China is based on the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions" and "Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions" adopted at the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee. The "Party and State Institutional Reform Plan" and the "State Council Institutional Reform Plan" approved by the first session of the 13th National People's Congress were established.

The National Health Commission is a department of the State Council and is at the ministerial level.

Institutional setting:

People’s health is an important symbol of national prosperity and national prosperity. In order to promote the implementation of the Healthy China strategy, establish the concept of general health and general health, and transform from treating diseases as the center to people's health as the center. We will prevent and control major diseases, actively respond to the aging of the population, accelerate the development of causes and industries for the elderly, and provide the people with comprehensive, full-cycle health services.

The plan proposes to combine the responsibilities of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the Office of the State Council Leading Group for Deepening Medical and Health System Reform, and the Office of the National Working Committee on Aging, with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology taking the lead in implementing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Work responsibilities, the occupational safety and health supervision and management responsibilities of the State Administration of Work Safety were integrated, and the National Health and Health Commission was established as a component department of the State Council.

The above content refers to the Chinese Government Website-National Health Commission Functional Configuration, Internal Organization and Staffing Regulations