Jinchang Municipal Forestry and Grassland Bureau

Primary Responsibilities of the Jinchang Municipal Forestry and Grassland Bureau

(1) Implement national policies, plans, and standards concerning forestry, grasslands, and their ecological conservation and restoration. Draft relevant local regulations and government rules. Oversee the supervision and management of forestry, grasslands, and their ecological conservation and restoration throughout the municipality. Organise dynamic monitoring and evaluation of forest, grassland, wetland, desert, and terrestrial wildlife resources.

(2) Organise ecological conservation, restoration, afforestation, and greening initiatives across the city's forests and grasslands. Implement key ecological conservation and restoration projects for forests and grasslands; guide the cultivation of public welfare forests and commercial timber forests; supervise and direct nationwide compulsory tree-planting campaigns and urban-rural greening efforts. Oversee pest control and quarantine measures for forestry and grassland ecosystems. Undertake related work concerning forestry and grassland responses to climate change.

(3) Oversee the supervision and management of forest, grassland, and wetland resources citywide. Organise the formulation and supervision of the city's forest harvesting quotas. Manage forest land, draft and implement forest land conservation and utilisation plans, guide the demarcation and management of national and local public welfare forests, and oversee state-owned forest resources. Oversee grassland grazing bans, grass-livestock balance, and grassland ecological restoration and management, while supervising grassland development and utilisation. Manage wetland ecological conservation and restoration, draft wetland protection plans, implement national wetland conservation standards, and supervise wetland development and utilisation.

(4) Overseeing desertification control across the city. Organising desert surveys, formulating plans for sand prevention and control, desertification prevention, and the establishment of protected areas for sandified land. Supervising the development and utilisation of sandified land, and organising the prediction, forecasting, and emergency response to sandstorm disasters.

(v) Overseeing the management of terrestrial wildlife resources citywide. Organising surveys of terrestrial wildlife resources. Guiding the rescue and breeding of terrestrial wildlife, habitat restoration and development, and monitoring of disease sources and epidemics. Supervising the hunting or collection, captive breeding or cultivation, and commercial utilisation of terrestrial wildlife.

(vi) Overseeing the management of all categories of nature reserves citywide. Formulating plans and relevant regulations for various nature reserves and organising their implementation. In accordance with the division of responsibilities, oversee matters related to the construction and management of national parks. Submit review recommendations for the establishment or adjustment of nature reserves at all levels and categories within the city for approval through established procedures. Lead the application process for World Natural Heritage status and, in conjunction with relevant departments, manage applications for World Natural and Cultural Dual Heritage status. Oversee matters related to biodiversity conservation.

(7) Lead the advancement of forestry and grassland reform initiatives across the city. Draft major reform proposals concerning the collective forest rights system, state-owned forest farms, and grasslands, and oversee their implementation. Formulates policies and measures for rural forestry development and safeguarding the lawful rights and interests of forestry operators, while guiding the contracting and management of rural forest land. Implements the policy of returning farmland (or pastureland) to forests and grasslands, and oversees the protection of natural forests.

(8) Formulates policies for the optimal allocation of forestry and grassland resources and timber utilisation across the city. Develops and supervises the implementation of local standards for related forestry industries. Organises and guides the development of the forestry industry and the quality supervision of forest products.

(IX) Guide the fundamental construction and development of state-owned forest farms across the city; organise surveys of forest seed and grass germplasm resources; establish germplasm repositories; oversee the selection, breeding and promotion of superior varieties; regulate the production and operation of forest seedlings and grass seeds; and monitor their quality. Supervise and manage forestry and grassland biological germplasm resources, genetically modified organism safety, and plant variety protection citywide.

(10) Implement relevant requirements of the city's comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation plan; formulate forest and grassland fire prevention plans and protection standards, guiding their implementation; direct fire patrols, ignition source management, and fire prevention facility construction. Organise and guide fire prevention efforts in state-owned forest farms and grassland areas, including public education, monitoring and early warning, and inspection supervision. Where necessary, may request the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau to deploy relevant prevention and control work under the authority of the municipal emergency command structure.

(11) Oversees the management of central, provincial, and municipal funds and state-owned assets allocated to forestry and grassland sectors. Proposes budgetary investment allocations and arrangements for national, provincial, and municipal fiscal funds within the forestry and grassland sectors. Prepares and implements departmental budgets. Reviews investment projects within national plans, municipal/provincial budgets, and annual schedules according to prescribed authority. Participates in formulating municipal economic adjustment policies for forestry and grassland sectors. Organises and implements ecological compensation initiatives for forestry and grassland areas.

(12) Oversee science and technology, education, and foreign affairs concerning forestry and grassland across the city; guide the development of forestry and grassland talent pools; organise and implement international exchange and cooperation in forestry and grassland; undertake responsibilities related to implementing international conventions on wetlands, combating desertification, and protecting endangered wild flora and fauna.

(13) Undertake other tasks assigned by the Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, and Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau.

(14) Functional Transformation. The Municipal Forestry and Grassland Bureau shall substantially enhance ecosystem conservation efforts, implement key ecosystem protection and restoration projects, strengthen coordinated oversight of forests, grasslands, and wetlands, vigorously advance national land greening initiatives, and safeguard national ecological security. It shall uniformly advance the standardisation, consolidation, and integration of all types of nature reserves, accelerating the establishment of a nature reserve system centred on national parks.