Second Ministry of Machine Building

The Second Ministry of Machine Building (第二机械工业部) was a government ministry of the People's Republic of China which oversaw the nuclear industry of China.

In February 1958, China's Third Ministry of Machine Building (which had been established as the Third Ministry of Machine Building in November 1956 to oversee China's nuclear weapons program) was renamed the Second Ministry of Machine Building.^[1]: 17 It had a month earlier established the Ninth Bureau, which was responsible for nuclear weapons research and design.^[1]: 17

In April 1988 it became part of the newly (now former) created Ministry of Energy Resources.

See also

• First Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC
• Third Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of aviation industry
• Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of electronics industry
• Fifth Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC, ministry of tank equipment and artillery
• 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

Bibliography

• 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

1. Zhang, Hui (2025). The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing: A Technical History. Belfer Center Studies in International Security. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-05182-8.