The Qianxinan Prefecture Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs implements the guiding principles, policies, and decisions of the Party Central Committee, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Prefectural Party Committee regarding agricultural and rural work. In fulfilling its duties, it upholds and strengthens the Party's centralized and unified leadership over agricultural and rural affairs. Its primary responsibilities are:

(1) Implementing the guiding principles, policies, laws, and regulations of the Party and the state, as well as those of the province and prefecture, concerning agricultural and rural work.

(2) Coordinating research and organizing the implementation of development strategies, medium- and long-term plans, and policy measures for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. Coordinate the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. Draft local policies, measures, and regulations concerning agriculture and rural affairs; guide, organize, and conduct comprehensive agricultural law enforcement. Participate in the formulation of policies related to agriculture, including fiscal and taxation, pricing, grain reserves, financial insurance, and import/export.

(3) Coordinate the advancement of rural social undertakings, public services, culture, infrastructure, and governance. Lead efforts to improve the rural living environment. Guide the development of rural spiritual civilization and outstanding agricultural culture.

(4) Formulate policies to deepen rural economic system reform and consolidate and improve the basic rural management system. Oversee matters related to the management of contracted farmland. Lead the reform of the rural collective property rights system, guide the development of rural collective economic organizations, and manage collective assets. Guide the establishment and development of farmers' cooperative economic organizations, agricultural socialized service systems, and new types of agricultural business entities.

(5) Guide the development of distinctive rural industries, agricultural product processing, and agritourism. Propose measures to promote bulk agricultural commodity circulation and cultivate and protect agricultural brands. Release agricultural and rural economic information, monitor and analyze the operation of the agricultural and rural economy. Undertake agricultural statistics and agricultural and rural informatization-related work.

(6) Oversee the supervision and management of agricultural sectors including crop cultivation, animal husbandry, fisheries, state-owned farms, and agricultural mechanization. Guide the production of grain and other agricultural products, and adjust and optimize the agricultural industrial structure. Organize the construction of modern agricultural industrial, production, and management systems; guide standardized agricultural production. Oversee fisheries administration and fishing port supervision.

(7) Oversee agricultural product quality and safety. Organize quality and safety monitoring, traceability, and risk assessment for agricultural products. Enforce national quality and safety standards for agricultural products. Guide the development of agricultural inspection and testing systems.

(8) Organize agricultural resource zoning. Guide the protection and management of farmland, fishery waters, and agricultural biological species resources. Oversee the protection of aquatic wildlife, cultivated land, and permanent basic farmland quality. Guide the management of agricultural product origin environments and clean agricultural production. Direct the development of facility agriculture, ecological and circular agriculture, water-saving agriculture, comprehensive utilization of rural renewable energy, and agricultural biomass industries. Lead the management of alien species. Organize the construction of modern agricultural parks.

(9) Oversee the supervision and management of relevant agricultural production materials and inputs. Organizes the development of the agricultural production materials market system, drafts local standards for agricultural production materials, and oversees their implementation. Organizes veterinary administration, veterinary drug administration, and drug inspection work, and is responsible for the management of licensed veterinarians and the livestock and poultry slaughter industry.

(10) Responsible for agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation, and the control of major crop pests and diseases. Guides the development of animal and plant epidemic prevention and quarantine systems, guides, organizes, and supervises animal and plant epidemic prevention and quarantine work within the prefecture, and organizes epidemic eradication efforts.

(11) Oversee agricultural investment management. Propose reforms to agricultural investment and financing mechanisms. Develop prefectural-level investment plans for agricultural projects, recommend agricultural investment scales and directions, and propose fiscal support projects for rural development. Approve agricultural investment projects within prescribed authority, and manage fund allocation and supervision for such projects.

(12) Advance agricultural science and technology system reform and innovation framework development. Guide the development of agricultural industrial technology systems and agricultural technology extension systems. Organize research on high-tech and applied technologies in agriculture, facilitate the transformation of scientific achievements, and promote technology dissemination. Oversee biosafety supervision of genetically modified organisms in agriculture and protect new plant varieties.

(13) Guide talent development in agriculture and rural areas. Draft and implement plans for building agricultural and rural talent pools. Guide agricultural education and vocational skills development. Oversee the cultivation of new professional farmers, training of agricultural science and technology personnel, and practical talent development in rural areas.

(14) In conjunction with departmental responsibilities, advance work related to military-civilian integration, poverty alleviation, and “streamlining administration, delegating power, and improving regulation and services” reforms; increase investment in science and technology to enhance innovation capabilities and provide support for innovation-driven development; oversee work safety and fire safety within the department and its industry sectors; manage big data development and application as well as government data resource management in accordance with regulations, promoting the standardized management, sharing, and openness of departmental government data resources in accordance with the law; Strengthen the agricultural administrative law enforcement system and comprehensive agricultural law enforcement, ensuring lawful administration and law enforcement supervision. Exercise authority granted by laws and regulations to conduct administrative approvals, permits, penalties, reconsiderations, litigation responses, and legal education campaigns.

(15) Complete other tasks assigned by the Prefectural Party Committee, Prefectural Government, and higher-level competent authorities.

(16) Adjusted Responsibilities

1. Incorporate responsibilities from the former Prefectural Agricultural Commission excluding: grassland resource surveys and rights registration management; supervision and guidance of agricultural non-point source pollution control; fishing vessel inspection and supervision; grassland fire prevention; and grassland supervision and management.

2. Incorporate responsibilities related to guiding rural reform pilot zones from the Prefectural Party Committee Policy Research Office.

3. Incorporate agricultural investment project management responsibilities from the Prefectural Development and Reform Commission.

4. Incorporate agricultural comprehensive development project management responsibilities from the Prefectural Finance Bureau.

5. Transfer the management responsibilities for farmland improvement projects from the former Prefectural Bureau of Land and Resources;

6. Transfer the management responsibilities for farmland water conservancy construction projects from the Prefectural Water Affairs Bureau;

7. Reclaim administrative functions undertaken by subordinate public institutions.

(XVII) Transformation of Functions

1. Coordinate the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, deepen agricultural supply-side structural reform, enhance the quality of agricultural development, advance the construction of beautiful villages, promote comprehensive agricultural upgrading, rural progress, and farmer development, and accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.

2. Strengthen supervision and management of agricultural product quality and safety, as well as related agricultural production materials and inputs. Adhere to the most stringent standards, strictest oversight, most severe penalties, and most serious accountability to rigorously prevent, manage, and control quality and safety risks, ensuring public confidence in food safety.

3. Deepen administrative streamlining and delegation of powers. Strengthen the coordination and integration of overlapping or duplicative agricultural investment projects within the industry that share the same nature or purpose. Minimize the scope of project approvals, further delegate approval authority, enhance mid- and post-event supervision, and effectively improve the effectiveness of agricultural support policies and the efficiency of fund utilization.

(XVIII) Division of Responsibilities

1. Division of Responsibilities with the State Market Supervision Administration. (1) The State Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau is responsible for the quality and safety supervision of edible agricultural products from the cultivation and breeding stages until they enter wholesale, retail markets, or production processing enterprises. Once edible agricultural products enter wholesale, retail markets, or production processing enterprises, supervision falls under the State Market Supervision Administration. (2) The State Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau is responsible for the supervision of quality and safety in animal and plant disease prevention and control, livestock and poultry slaughtering, and raw milk collection. (3) Both departments shall establish mechanisms for origin release, market access, and traceability of food safety, strengthen coordination and collaboration, and form a synergistic regulatory force.

2. Division of Responsibilities with the Prefectural Development and Reform Commission: The Prefectural Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau is responsible for quality and safety supervision in the grain production phase. The Prefectural Development and Reform Commission is responsible for supervising grain safety and raw grain hygiene in the acquisition, storage, and transportation phases, as well as in policy-driven grain procurement and sales.