Chenzhou Municipal Office is an organ set up to help city leadership with the routine work. It consists of 16 section offices. Its main functions and duties are:

(1) Prepare for municipal government meetings and conferences, and assist the municipal government leadership to implement meetings and conferences decisions.

(2) Assist government leadership to draft and audit papers and documents issued in the name of the municipal government or municipal government office.

(3) Examine and study the issues submitted to the municipal government from various departments of the municipal government and counties (cities, districts), and offer the suggestions and solutions to the municipal government leadership for approval.

(4) Organize related researches, timely report the situations and put forward suggestions, in accordance with the municipal work plans and municipal government leadership¡¯ instructions, for the purpose of providing timely, accurate, comprehensive services for government leadership' overview of situations and scientific decision-making.

(5) Supervise and inspect municipal departments, counties (cities and districts) of the implementation of papers and documents and meeting decisions issued by State Council, provincial and municipal governments, including the municipal leadership' important instructions, make follow-up surveys and researches, and timely report to the government leadership.

(6) Draft municipal government leaders¡¯ important speeches.

(7) Assist municipal leadership with emergencies and major incidents that require direct municipal management.

(8) Collect, edit, submit information and data to the State Council, the provincial government, and municipal leadership; design and help build municipal office automation; coordinate and mange municipal publicity and propaganda affairs; edit and publish municipal organ publications.

(9) Draft municipal People Congress suggestions and CPPCC proposals.

(10) Take charge of municipal routine affairs, mayor hotline, municipal aims management, practical engineering work for people; timely report to the municipal leadership of important information; assist dealing important issues submitted from various departments and counties (cities, districts).

(11) Organize and coordinate the municipal system's major activities.

(12) Organize and coordinate relations with and between government departments, Central Government and provincial units, garrison in Chenzhou, in accordance with instructions of municipal leadership; put forward suggestions on relevant issues.

(13) Take charge of municipal government inner security affairs and retired cadres affairs.

(14) Administer specially Office of Legislative Affairs, the Municipal Economic Research Office, Local Municipal Records Office, Municipal Tobacco Office, Branches and Liaisons of municipal government in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Municipal Administrative Management Office, Municipal Office of Ethnic And Religious Affairs, Municipal Aerial Defense Office, Office of Important Affairs, Municipal Sports Bureau, Municipal Poverty Improvement Office, Municipal Financial And Securities Office, Municipal Information Construction Office, Municipal Handicapped Association, Municipal Red Cross; administer most of Municipal Petition Office affairs; administer jointly with Municipal Party Committee the Reception Office; administer the personnel, finance and property of Provincial Radio Administration Chenzhou Branch.

(15) Undertake other tasks assigned by municipal leadership.