The New District's Science and Technology Bureau is responsible for the following:

I. Implementation of State, provincial, and urban policies, laws, and regulations on science and technology, the district science and technology development strategy, suggestions for science and technology laws and regulations and their implementation, developing a technology innovation system for greater district innovation capacity;

II. Layout and priorities in district science and technology development, mid-to-long-term science and technology development planning and innovation, managing science and technology development plans;

III. Ways and means to increase investment in science and technology, the management of fund sources for science and technology development and for high-tech industries and government funds for science and technology innovation;

IV. Assessing the statistics on district science and technology development;

V. Implementing high technology and related industry development plans in the district, and key science and technology innovation projects;

VI. Managing scientific developments, awards, information, and consultation for private enterprise, development of tertiary science and technology industries, developing a scientific service system and science popularization in the district, and related planning, work, supervision, inspections, and policy guidance;

VII. Intellectual property rights, scientific developments, awards, consultation, technology, and marketing of private enterprise, and developing a scientific service system;

VIII. Innovation base development of the scientific entrepreneurship, software, IC, university science, and overseas Chinese entrepreneurship parks, and key laboratories, mid-term trial sites, and engineering technology institutes;

IX. Working with related departments on the allocation of district science and technology personnel resources, suggestions on increasing the number of science and technology personnel, and regional science and technology personnel development plans;

X. Coordinating scientific development and science popularization in nearby townships and towns;

XI. Handling work assignments from the district Party work committee.