国家发展和改革委员会

Traditional form:

國家發展和改革委員會

Pinyin (reading):

Guójiā Fāzhǎnhé Gǎigé Wěiyuánhuì

Definitions:

• PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003

Characters:

• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 展 - to open, to unfold; to extend, to stretch
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 革 - leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
• 委 - to appoint, to commission, to send
• 员 - employee; member; personnel, staff
• 会 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group

Traditional characters:

• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 展 - to open, to unfold; to extend, to stretch
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 革 - leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
• 委 - to appoint, to commission, to send
• 員 - employee; member; personnel, staff
• 會 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group