To get hold of nationwide status of forest fires, release information on risks and disasters of forest fires, and coordinate and direct suppression of serious forest fires; To organize, direct and coordinate suppression of forest fires by armed forest police forces and professional forest firefighters; To undertake specific tasks assigned by the State Forest Fire Prevention Headquarters; To direct public security of forests, manage forest pubic security forces; To coordinate and supervise investigation and prosecution of serious violations of laws in forestry sector; To direct social security and governance in forest regions.

To make recommendations for integrated policies and guidelines concerning forestry and its ecological development; To work out programs for establishing a forestry law system and make annual work plans; To draft relevant laws and regulations, and work out sectoral regulations and rules; To supervise forestry administrative law enforcement and coordinate major issues concerning administrative law enforcement; To handle administrative appeals, administrative reconsiderations and hearings in forestry sector; To undertake the work related to forestry administrative licensing.

To organize and guide international forestry cooperation and exchange; To organize major international events of forestry and its ecological construction and implement international conventions; To sign and implement relevant international treaties, agreements and protocols; To be responsible for forestry affairs involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; To examine, approve and implement projects involving international cooperation and exchange; To undertake development of Asia-Pacific network of forest rehabilitation and sustainable management.

To be responsible for matters related to personnel and institutional settings of the administration and its directly affiliated institutions; To direct development and implementation of training and educational plans for human resources in forestry; To direct team building in forestry sector.

To organize and carry out national inventory, dynamic monitoring and evaluation of forest resources, and release relevant information; To develop policy measures and technical regulations for sustainable development of forest resources, and set national quota on forest logging; To undertake the work related to management of forestland and forest ownership; To supervise acquisition, occupation and development & utilization of forestland, and undertake preliminary examination of acquisition and occupation of forestland to be approved by the State Council according to law; To manage state-owned forest resources and supervise their management bodies in the key state-owned forest regions; To examine and approve transfers and changes of property rights of forest resources in the key state-owned regions; To direct and supervise licensed timber harvesting and transportation; To manage and supervise the operations and standardization of supervisory bodies stationed in various regions by the State Forestry Administration.