I) Responsible for preparation of governmental meetings and conferences and arrangement of important activities and assistance of municipal leaders in organizing the execution of decisions made in governmental meetings and conferences;

(II) Assisting municipal leaders in examination or drafting documents, letters and telegraphs sent in the name of the municipal government or the General Office and handling the documents, letters and telegraphs sent to the municipal government by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the State Council, Fujian provincial government or party committee, state ministries and commissions;

(III) Handling requests for instructions and reports of the governments of the districts and proposing examination and disposal reports for approval;

(IV) Organization and coordination of work between different departments of the municipal government, handling problems in work, proposal of solution for disputed problems, and submitting the solution to municipal leaders for instruction;

(V) Assistance of municipal leaders in organization and handling of emergencies and important incidents which are in the responsibility scope of the municipal government;

(VI) Urging and inspecting the execution of documents of the municipal government and decisions made in meeting and conferences of the municipal government, important instruction of municipal leaders, proposals and draft resolutions urged by the Municipal People's Council and the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, by the departments of the municipal government and the governments of districts and making reports to leaders of the municipal government;

(VII) Organization of related investigations and researches according to the instructions by leaders of the municipal government, making reports of findings in time, raising suggestions and providing help for the scientific decision of leaders;

(VIII) Responsible for the on-duty work of the municipal government, making reports of important situations to leaders of the municipal government in time, and assisting the leaders of the municipal government in handling the important problems reported by departments of the municipal government and the governments of the districts;

(IX) In charge of administration of the Municipal Foreign Affairs Office and departments under the leadership of the General Office;

(X) In charge of the work of personnel, Party affairs, administrative affairs, and service for retirees of the General Office and instruction of the work of personnel and Party affairs under the leadership of the General Office;

(XI) In charge of the construction of office automation and network and the information work;

(XII) Handling other work assigned by upper departments and leaders of the municipal government.