The level of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission will vary from city to city. Generally speaking, the director of the county-level municipal development and reform commission is the section chief; The director of the development and reform commission of prefecture-level cities is at the level; Sub-provincial cities, such as Guangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan and other cities, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission is the deputy department level; The director of the municipal and provincial development and reform commissions is the director level; The director of the National Development and Reform Commission belongs to the provincial and ministerial level.

The Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the full name of which is XX Municipal Development and Reform Commission, is the functional organization of the municipal government and the macro-control department that comprehensively studies and formulates the city's economic and social development policies, balances the total amount and guides the overall economic system reform.