Is Li Jinzao a minister?

The Tourism Bureau is an agency directly under the State Council. The deputy director of the Tourism Bureau is a deputy cadre of various ministries and commissions of the State Council, and is a deputy provincial cadre; however, the salary of its leaders is half a level higher.

Compared with the real minister, his status is still very different. The comparison between the director of the National Tourism Administration and the local secretary of the provincial party committee and governor is even more meaningless. Because provincial party committee secretaries and provincial governors are as important as, or even more important than, ministers of central ministries and commissions, they are naturally more powerful than a director.