(1)To implement and carry out the policies and regulations promulgated by the Chinese government and the provincial government governing foreign trade, economic cooperation, foreign investment and port management;to accordingly draft and implement the local laws and regulations, and specific methods .

(2)To draft and carry out the development strategy, middle and long-term plans and annual guiding plan of foreign trade; to analyse the international situation of foreign trade and the municipal situation of inport and export, and then propose macro control suggestions on volume balance and structural adjustment; to implement and carry out export commodities concerted bidding policies,compile and issue the import & export concerted plans; to study and popularize various new trade modes(including e-commerce)；to be in charge of relevant affairs regarding antidumping, countervailing and protection measures; to guide export advertising promotion.

(3)To draw up the documents and managerial methods on foreign technology trade, service trade and export of technology and sets of equipments encouraged by the state;to manage introduction of technology,import of equipments and international bids;to coordinate and manage the import-restricted technologies and re-export of technology-introduced.

(4)To take part in drafting and carrying out the development strategy, middle and long-term plans concerning foreign investment; to examine and approve (examine and submit to superiors) foreign investment projects and the establishment of foreign-invested enterprises regarding restricted quota licenses; To examine and approve (examine and submit to superiors) the contracts, regulations and modifications of foreign-invested projects concerning state restricted quota; To examine and supervise the implementation of the relevant laws,regulations and contracts by foreign-invested enterprises;To guide and manage the introduction of foreign capital and the import & export by the foreign-invested enterprises; to analyse the foreign investment situation, and report to the municipal government regularly.

(5)To implement the policies and managerial methods on processing trade promulgated by the state together with the departments concerned；to examine and approve the processing trade businesses within the administration of the municipality, and guide the processing trade work at a macro-level;to examine and supervise the implementation of relevant policies and regulations by processing trade enterprises; to analyse the processing trade development, and report to the municipal government and the Guangdong Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation regularly .

(6)To be in charge of the foreign trade and economic cooperation work; to guide and supervise foreign contracted projects,and manage businesses like labour cooperation, design and consultation.

(7)To examine and submit the qualifications of various enterprises engaging in import & export and international freight agent in line with relevant laws and regulations;To draft the management of investment and development abroad;to examine and approve open enterprises abroad (except financial enterprises) with departments concerned, and take part in the harmonization and guide;to be responsible for the examination of sending managerial personnel abroad for processing trade and assembling enterprises; to guide and supervise the local import & export enterprises to join in various fairs, exhibitions, symposiums and activities to introduce foreign investment at home or abroad, and draw up managerial methods of holding activities mentioned above overseas.

(8)To be in charge of the investigation and application on the port's open ,closure and adjustment, and to take part in the check and acceptance of first-rate ports and organize the early phrase of the check and acceptance work of the second-rate ports; To draft and implement the develpoment scheme of the port; to examine and supervise the construction of the concerted facilities in the port; to map out the distribution scheme of the port's construction capital and subsidy fund,and supervise it.

(9)To perfect the management of the port in line with the relevant reform examinations and supervision modes issued by the superior departments；To coordinate the work with various departments of the port and organize activities to build a civilized port; to examine and handle cases concerning foreign affairs and serious illegal events with departments concerned.

(10)To guide the reform of state-owned foreign trade enterprises and the work of relevant commercial chambers and associations in the foreign trade sector; to manage the subordinate institutions of the bureau.

(11)To undertake other affairs allocated by the municipal government and Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.