As an important department of the municipal people's government, the MEC (Municipal Economic Commission) takes charge of the industrial economy citywide. Its main functions are as follows:

1. Carry out and execute the national or provincial laws, regulations, guidelines and policies about the national economy and secure production, monitor and analyse the situation and trend of the citywide industrial economy then adjust its routine run; schedule and implement the aim, policies and measurements of the regulation and control on the industrial economy in the near future; coordinate and solve the fateful problems of the industrial run and secure production, and submit suggestions and advice to the municipal government.

2. Formulate and implement the countermeasures to the development of city industrial economy according to the national industrial policy; commissioned to study and draft the municipal code and regulations on the management of industrial economy and secure production, then organize their implementation after deliberation; Collect, settle, analyse and release information about economy and secure production.

3. Formulate and implement the layout of industrial development and overall arrangement, and the scheme of the industrial structure rectification, and monitor their executive situation; present the regulatory scheme for the industries and products of emphasis; study to confirm, and organize to cultivate the key skeleton enterprises; take charge of the trade management of mechanism, metallurgy, textile, medicine and pharmacy, light industry, chemistry, electronics, and timbering.

4. Take charge of the management of the corporations in villages and towns (CIVT in short); direct the planning, statistical and financial affairs of CIVT; assist the involved departments with guidance on the audit and environment protection; supervise the CIVT reformation and the financial management of collective assets; supervise the construction of the industrial parks at counties (cities) or sections in domination, and the development of the block economy of CIVT.