1988年5月4日国务院发出的《关于深化物资体制改革方案的通知》指出:“物资体制改革是深化经济体制改革的重要内容,结合中央国家机关的机构改革,要对国务院各部门管理物资的机构进行调整,区别不同情况,有步骤地并入物资部,并减少指令性计划分配物资的品种和数量,逐步取消专业部门分配和管理物资的职能。这是进一步改变条块分割、用行政办法层层分配物资的体制,加快发展生产资料市场的重要措施”。同年12月5 On May 4, 1988, the “Circular on Deepening the Reform of Materials System” issued by the State Council pointed out: “The reform of the material system is an important part of deepening the reform of the economic structure. In the light of the institutional reform of the central state organs, Institutions to adjust, different circumstances, step by step into the Department of goods, and reduce the variety and quantity of the mandatory plan distribution of materials, and gradually cancel the professional department to allocate and manage the material functions.This is to further change the fragmentation, with administrative measures The system of distributing goods at various levels and the important measures to speed up the development of the means of production. ” December 5 the same year