In1958,theoriginalMinistryofMachineryIndustry(Electromechanics),MinistryofMachinery(MilitaryIndustry),andMinistryofElectricMachinery(thefirstMinistryofMachineryIndustry)mergedtoformthenewMinistryofMachineryIndustry.
In1960,the"ThirdMinistryofMachineryIndustry"wasspunofffromtheFirstMinistryofMachinery,inchargeoftheaviation,weapons,tanks,radioandshipbuildingindustriesdelineatedbytheFirstMinistryofMachinery.TheFirstMachineryDepartmentisinchargeofcivilianmachinery.
In1980,theMachineryIndustryCommitteeoftheStateCouncilwasestablished,andinthesameyearitwasrenamedtheNationalMachineryIndustryCommittee,whichunifiedleadershipandcentralizedmanagementofthemachineryindustry.
In1982,duringtheinstitutionalreformoftheStateCouncil,theNationalMachineryIndustryCommissionwasabolished,andtheMinistryofMachineryIndustrymergedwiththeMinistryofAgriculturalMachinery,theStateAdministrationofInstrumentationIndustry,andtheStateAdministrationofCompleteMachineryIndustrytoformtheMinistryofMachineryIndustry.
През 1988 г. е създадено Министерството на машиностроенето и електронната промишленост.
In1993,theMechatronicsDepartmentwassplitintotheMechanicalDepartmentandtheElectronicsDepartment.
In1998,theNationalPeople’sCongressdeliberatedandapprovedthedecisionontheStateCouncil’sinstitutionalreformplan,whichwascancelledbytheMinistryofMachineryIndustry.
In2008,inaccordancewiththeStateCouncil’sinstitutionalreformplan,theStateCouncilestablishedtheMinistryofIndustryandInformationTechnology("MinistryofIndustryandInformationTechnology"),withLiYizhongastheminister.
Първият министър на Министерството на машините беше HuangJing, а следващите министри бяха ZhaoErlu, DuanJunyi, LiShuiqing, ZhouZijian, RaoBin, ZhouJiannan, HeGuangyuan (Национална комисия по машиностроенето), BaoXuding (Национална генерална администрация на машиностроенето ry, икономическа и търговска комисия).