Bijie Municipal Forestry Bureau

Article 1 This regulation is formulated in accordance with the ‘Notice of the General Office of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee and the General Office of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government on Issuing the Institutional Reform Plan for Bijie City and Its Subordinate Counties (Districts)’ and the ‘Implementation Opinions of the CPC Bijie Municipal Committee and the Bijie Municipal People's Government on the Institutional Reform of Bijie City.’

Article 2  The Bijie Municipal Forestry Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Forestry Bureau) is a working department of the municipal people's government, at the county level, and is under the unified leadership and management of the Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning.

Article 3  The Municipal Forestry Bureau implements the policies and decisions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Provincial Committee, and the Municipal Committee regarding forestry and grassland work. In the course of performing its duties, it upholds and strengthens the Party's centralised and unified leadership over forestry and grassland work. Its primary responsibilities are:

(1) Supervise and manage forestry, grassland, and ecological protection and restoration across the city. Formulate policies and plans for forestry and grassland development and organise their implementation. Organise dynamic monitoring and evaluation of forest, grassland, wetland, stone desertification, and terrestrial wildlife resources.

(2) Organise forestry and grassland ecological protection and restoration, as well as afforestation and greening efforts. Implement key ecological protection and restoration projects in forestry and grassland, guide the cultivation of public welfare forests and commercial forests, and supervise mass tree-planting campaigns and urban-rural afforestation and greening efforts. Oversee the construction of forest cities, garden cities, and forest parks. Guide pest control and quarantine efforts in forestry and grassland. Undertake related work on forestry and grassland responses to climate change. Handle the specific tasks of the Municipal Greening Committee.

(3) Supervise and manage forest, grassland, and wetland resources. Compile and supervise the implementation of the city's forest harvesting quotas. Manage forest land, draft and implement forest land protection and utilisation plans, guide the demarcation and management of public welfare forests, and legally manage state-owned forest resources. Oversee grassland grazing bans, grassland-livestock balance, and grassland ecological protection, restoration, and governance, and supervise the development and utilisation of grasslands. Oversee wetland ecological protection and restoration, draft wetland protection plans, and supervise the development and utilisation of wetlands.

(4) Overseeing the prevention and control of stone desertification. Organising stone desertification surveys, drafting stone desertification prevention and control plans, and overseeing the development and utilisation of stone desertified land.

(5) Responsible for the supervision and management of terrestrial wildlife and plant resources. Organise surveys of terrestrial wildlife and plant resources, assist in the formulation of the city-wide list of key protected terrestrial wildlife and plants, guide the rescue, breeding, habitat restoration and development, and disease monitoring of terrestrial wildlife and plants, supervise and manage the hunting or collection, breeding or cultivation, and utilisation of terrestrial wildlife and plants, and supervise and manage the import and export of wildlife and plants according to division of responsibilities.

(6) Supervise and manage all types of nature reserves. Draft plans for all types of nature reserves. Manage natural resource assets and control land use in nature reserves directly owned by the municipal government. Review and recommend the establishment or adjustment of new municipal-level nature reserves and submit them for approval in accordance with procedures. Organise the review of applications for World Natural Heritage sites and, in conjunction with relevant departments, review applications for World Natural and Cultural Dual Heritage sites. Oversee work related to biodiversity conservation.

(7) Responsible for promoting forestry and grassland reform-related work. Draft major forestry reform opinions on collective forest rights systems, state-owned forest farms, and grasslands, and supervise their implementation. Draft policies and measures for rural forestry development and the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of forestry operators, and guide rural forest land contracting and management work. Carry out afforestation and grassland restoration programs, and be responsible for natural forest protection work.

(8) Draft policies on the optimal allocation of forestry and grassland resources and wood utilisation, formulate relevant forestry industry policies and measures, and supervise their implementation. Organise and guide the supervision of forest product quality. Formulate forestry industry development plans and organise their implementation.

(9) Guide the basic construction and development of state-owned forest farms, organise surveys of forest tree seed and grass seed genetic resources, establish genetic resource repositories, oversee the breeding and promotion of superior varieties, regulate the production and operation of forest tree seedlings and grass seeds, and supervise the quality of forest tree seedlings and grass seeds. Supervise and manage forestry and grassland biological genetic resources, genetically modified organism safety, and plant variety protection.

(10) Guide forest public security work, supervise and manage forest public security teams, guide the investigation and handling of major forestry-related violations across the city, be responsible for related administrative law enforcement supervision work, and guide social security governance in forest areas.

(11) Implement the requirements of the comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation plan, organise the compilation of forest and grassland fire prevention plans and protection standards, and guide their implementation. Guide the conduct of fire prevention patrols, fire source management, and fire prevention facility construction. Organise and guide forest farms, forest areas, and grasslands in conducting fire prevention publicity and education, monitoring and early warning, and supervision and inspection. When necessary, request the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau to deploy relevant prevention and control work in the name of the municipal emergency command agency.

(12) Supervise and manage central, provincial, and municipal-level funds and state-owned assets for forestry and grassland affairs. Propose suggestions for budgetary investments, national, provincial, and municipal-level fiscal funds for forestry and grassland affairs. Review investment projects within the municipal-level plan and annual plan in accordance with the authority specified by the municipal government. Participate in the formulation of economic regulation policies for forestry and grassland affairs. Organise and implement ecological compensation work for forestry and grassland affairs.

(13) Be responsible for forestry and grassland science and technology, education, and foreign cooperation work throughout the city; guide the construction of forestry and grassland talent teams throughout the city; organise and implement forestry and grassland foreign exchange and cooperation affairs; and undertake international park compliance work related to wetlands, endangered wild animals and plants, etc.

(14) In conjunction with departmental responsibilities, carry out relevant work related to military-civilian integration and poverty alleviation; increase investment in science and technology, enhance scientific and technological innovation capabilities, and provide support for promoting innovation-driven development; be responsible for work safety and fire safety within this department and industry sector; carry out relevant work related to big data development and application and government data resource management in accordance with regulations, and promote the standardised management, sharing, and openness of departmental government data resources in accordance with the law.

(15) Significantly strengthen efforts to protect ecosystems, implement ecosystem protection and restoration projects, and coordinate the supervision and management of forests, grasslands, and wetlands. Vigorous promote national land greening to ensure national ecological security. Accelerate the establishment of a natural protected area system, and uniformly advance the standardisation, consolidation, and integration of various types of natural protected areas.

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