 The Manchu name literally means the department for the administration of outlying regions.During the period of the Late Qing Reform or New Policies, the name was changed again to Lifan Ministry () in 1907 and existed until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912.Prior to the establishment of the Zongli Yamen, the Court also supervised the empire's relation with Russia under the treaties of Nerchinsk and Kyakhta.