Functions 

Take charge of ecological and environmental compliance inspection and enforcement; Supervise the implementation of ecological and environmental policies, plans, laws and regulations, and standards; Draft preparedness plans for major and catastrophic ecological and environmental accidents and ecological damages; Guide and coordinate the investigation and handling of such accidents; Solve cross-regional environmental pollution disputes; Organize national ecological and environmental compliance inspections; Investigate failures of ecological and environmental compliances and take punitive measures accordingly; Supervise the compliance with the requirement that design, construction, and operation of environmental protection facilities must commence at corresponding phases of development projects; Guide and supervise the final acceptance process of environmental protection facilities accompanying development projects; Prevent and handle social risks of established projects; Provide guidance in building an enforcement workforce for the ecological and environmental sector.