(I) Formulate and promulgate the administrative regulations for the Development District, High-tech Zone and Export Processing Zone according to law;

(II) Work out the district’s economic and social development plans and organize implementation;

(III) Examine and approve the investment projects in the Development District, High-tech Zone and Export Processing Zone according to the prescribed limits of authority;

(IV) Organize and prepare the overall plan for district construction, examine & approve the detailed plan; examine & approve the land requisition within the scope of Development District, High-tech Zone and Export Processing Zone and issue the Construction Land Planning Permit according to the limits of authority at the municipal level and take charge of development management; handle the transfer, certificate issuance and other management matters for the use rights of the state-owned land and non-agricultural construction collective-owned land;

(V) Examine and approve the construction project plan & preliminary design, verify the application for construction, bid & tender, issue certificates, supervise construction, manage engineering files and examine the qualification for builders and designers in the district;

(VI) Administer the real estate registration, certificate issuance and transaction in the district;

(VII) Manage the law enforcement for environmental protection and fees in the district;

(VIII) Plan the finance in the administrative district as a whole and exercise the municipal-level authority to examine and approve the application of enterprise for local tax exemption or reduction;

(IX) Guide the enterprises and institutions in the district to implement the independent managerial rights, set up modern enterprise system and offer the enterprises and institutions good services;

(X) Lead, plan and manage such public utility in the district as water, electricity & gas supply, communications, culture & education and health;

(XI) Handle the foreign affairs of the Development District, High-tech Zone and Export Processing Zone guided by the Foreign Affairs Department of the Municipal Government; examine and approve the exit/entry of the persons in the district;

(XII) Examine, approve and manage the import & export business in the district;

(XIII) Set up the administration department of industry & commerce under the Administrative Committee, guided by the Municipal Administration Department of Industry & Commerce;

(XIV) Decide the organization structure of the administrative & institutional establishments in the district, staffing, cadre & staff deployment, management and welfare & remuneration, appointments & removal and rewards & punishments of the staff under it;

(XV) Manage the public security and household registration in the district and implement the registration management in conformance with the reality of the Development District, High-tech Zone and Export Processing Zone;

(XVI) Exercise the functions and powers of the Administrative Committee;

(XVII) Undertake other tasks assigned by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government.