a.    Deliberating and drawing up policies and regulations on peaceful uses of nuclear energy;

 b.   Deliberating and drawing up the development programming, planning and industrial standards for peaceful uses of nuclear energy;

c.    Organizing argumentation and giving approval to China's major nuclear R&D projects; supervising and coordinating the implementation of the major nuclear R&D projects;

d.    Carrying out nuclear material control, nuclear export supervision and management;

e.    Dealing with the exchange and cooperation in governments and international organizations, and taking part in IAEA and its activities in the name of the Chinese government;

f.    Taking the lead to organize the State Committee of Nuclear Accident Coordination, deliberating, drawing up and implementing national plan for nuclear accident emergency.