The main duties of the State Education Commission are: to formulate specific policies, decrees and rules and regulations related to education, supervise and inspect the implementation, investigate and study, and summarize and exchange experiences according to national policies; Formulate and revise the national education development plan (plan), financial plan and capital construction plan, and check the financial management of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and schools directly under the central government.
Formulate basic documents such as teaching plans and syllabuses, organize the compilation and review of teaching materials and teaching guides, and guide the teaching work of schools at all levels; Supervise and inspect the ideological and political work and sports health work of schools at all levels; Plan and guide the training and improvement of school teachers at all levels, and master the personnel management of some colleges and universities.
Organizing the enrollment of colleges and universities and the deployment of graduates; Organize the production and supply of teaching instruments; Responsible for the management of international students and external liaison; Organize and promote educational scientific research. Its organizational structure: general office, several ministries, offices and some directly affiliated units. The relationship between the State Education Commission and the education commissions of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government is a business guidance relationship.