According to The Functions, Framework and Personnel Size of the Ministry of Water Resources (State Document No. 87, 1998) approved by the State Council, the laws and the regulations concerned, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) is an agency of the Ministry of Water Resources in charge of the Yellow River basin and the inland river basins in such province as Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Inner Mongolia. YRCC, on behalf of the Ministry of Water Resources, takes on the responsibilities of water administration in these basins.