The State Council appoints and dismisses State officials. To appoint Yang as Deputy Director of the National Ethnic Affairs Committee; to appoint Lin Zechan as Vice-Minister of Finance; to appoint Li Xinghu as Deputy Minister of Transport; to appoint Zhan Ho as Deputy Director of the National Natural Science Fund Committee; and to appoint Zhang Yong as Deputy Director of the Central People ' s Government Liaison Office in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (China Network)