1, formulate national environmental protection guidelines, policies and regulations, and formulate administrative regulations; Entrusted by the State Council, conduct environmental impact assessment on major economic and technological policies, development plans and major economic development plans; Formulate a national environmental protection plan.

2. Formulate national basic principles on global environmental issues; Managing international cooperation and exchanges in environmental protection; Participate in and coordinate important international environmental protection activities; Participate in the negotiation of international environmental protection treaties; Manage, organize and coordinate the domestic implementation activities of international environmental protection treaties and unify external liaison; Manage the environmental protection system and foreign economic cooperation.

3, responsible for nuclear safety, radiation environment, radioactive waste management, formulate relevant guidelines, policies, regulations and standards; Participate in the emergency work of nuclear accidents and radiation environmental accidents; Unified supervision and management of nuclear facilities safety, electromagnetic radiation, nuclear technology application and pollution prevention in the development and utilization of radioactive mineral resources; Control of nuclear materials and safety supervision of nuclear pressure-bearing equipment.

The subordinate departments of the Ministry of Environmental Protection are: General Office, Planning and Finance Department, Policy and Regulation Department, Administrative System and Personnel Department, Science and Technology Standards Department, Pollution Control Department, Natural Ecology Protection Department, Nuclear Safety Management Department, Environmental Impact Assessment Management Department, Environmental Supervision Bureau, International Cooperation Department and Party Committee.

Extended data:

Department functions of Environmental Protection Bureau:

I. Office

Responsible for personnel, party building, discipline inspection, supervision, secretarial, family planning, confidentiality, archives, finance and other work; Responsible for meetings, reception, security, vehicle management and logistics; Organize the implementation of various rules and regulations of the organs, and organize and coordinate the overall work; Manage county-level environmental protection funds in conjunction with relevant departments.

Two. Environmental management section

Responsible for rural ecological environmental protection, environmental publicity and education, environmental information, environmental statistics and pollution source investigation; Undertake the comprehensive improvement of the Pearl River, the term target responsibility system for environmental protection and the assessment of total emission reduction of major pollutants; Release major environmental information such as environmental quality status.