a. Major functions

(1) To implement the guidelines and policies and enforce laws, rules and regulations related to the circulation and store-up of grain; to study and draw up the drafts of local rules and regulations on grain circulation and store up and formulate relevant polices, and organize the implementation of relevant rules, regulations, and policies.

(2) To study and put forward the medium and long term scheme for the development of grain industry in the province, and to implement macro regulation and direct the work of balanced development of different regions.

(3) To be responsible for the implementation of the grain purchase and sale policies and purchase plans; to be responsible for the administration of purchase and sale operation in the Province, and to be responsible for establishing a stable and long term relationship of grain purchase and sale.

(4) To implement macro regulation in grain circulation, and to supervise and examine the implementation of national policies related to grain purchase and sale.

(5) To draw up a general purchase and sale plan of the grain in the Province, and to be responsible for the implementation of the plan; to supervise and examine the store-up, quality and safety of the grain; to direct the work of grain store-up in the whole Province; to coordinate the work of grain purchase, storage and transportation of the central government.

(6) To be responsible for the administration of grain supply, to direct the work of grain supply in poor or disaster stricken regions, and to arrange the grain supply of major national construction projects.

(7) To draw up the plan of developing facilities for grain production and storage, and to implement the fund allocation for the development with relevant departments.

(8) To administrate and supervise the safety in grain storage, to be responsible for the supervision of the implementation of the grain quality standards.

(9) To direct the construction and administration of the grain market in the Province, to implement the national price policy related to grain, and to safeguard the order in grain circulation.

(10) To direct and supervise the financial work in the grain industry in the Province, to be responsible for the auditing and supervision of grain administration in the Province.

(11) To direct the work of technical upgrade and innovation in the grain industry in the Province, and to be responsible for the communication and cooperation with foreign counterparts.

(12) To undertake other matters assigned by the Provincial Government.

b. Name of the leader: Li Mingsheng, Director General

c. Profile of the leader

Mr. Li Mingsheng was born in 1952 in Jianhu, Jiangsu. In 1979, he joined CPC. From 1982 to 1985, he studied in Nanjing University, Economy Department. From 1995 to 1997 he studied in Graduate School of China’s Academy of Social Science. In 1998, he studied in the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Since 1975, he has been working in Jinagsu Grain Bureau. In 2000, he was appointed as Director General of Jinagsu Grain Bureau.