Heze, Jining, Tai 'an, Liaocheng, Dezhou, Jinan, Zibo, Binzhou, Dongying and other cities along the Yellow River have 3 municipal river bureaus at the deputy departmental level, 5 municipal river bureaus at the provincial level, 30 county (city, district) river bureaus, and 13 directly affiliated units. By the end of 20 12, 1 1 year, there were 12 154 employees, including 7 123 employees and 3,089 professional technicians.