Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area Administration Commission, representing the municipal government, leads, manages, and takes charge of protection, use, planning, and construction of the West Lake scenic area, as a whole. Hangzhou Bureau of Gardening and Cultural Relics is the government unit in charge of gardening, greening, and cultural relics affairs. Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area Administration Commission and Hangzhou Bureau of Gardening and Cultural Relics are one working team with two department names. 

A. Obligations of the CPC Committee of Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area (Hangzhou Bureau of Gardening and Cultural Relics), and Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area Administration Commission and Hangzhou Bureau of Gardening and Cultural Relics:

1. Implementing major decisions and work arrangements of the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee and Hangzhou Municipal Government. Implementing Party leadership and supervision on behalf of the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee.

2. Implementing laws, regulations, rules, and policies of the nation and the province about scenic areas, gardening, greening, and cultural relics. Drafting, implementing local regulations, government rules, and policies.

3. Devising, implementing administrative regulations for the West Lake Scenic Area. Protecting, administering, and monitoring cultural sightseeing spots of the West Lake World Heritage. 

4. Compiling general plan, and economic and social development plans for the West Lake Scenic Area, based on the city’s urban plan, and economic and social development plans. Implementing the plans after getting approval. Devising plans to protect sightseeing spots of the West Lake, and control policies for the scenic area. Implementing the plans and policies after getting approval. Devising plans to protect the environment, building infrastructure, and public facilities for the scenic area. Implementing the plans after getting approval. Making plans for the city’s gardening, greening, and cultural relics protection. Implementing the plans after getting approval. Responsible for administrative, non-administrative approvals. 

5. Responsible for construction administration for the West Lake Scenic Area. Reviewing, inspecting construction projects in the West Lake Scenic Area. Responsible for construction project management and property management in the West Lake Scenic Area. Administering house demolition, house-related law enforcement, and  rural housing land in the West Lake Scenic Area.

6. Protecting, administering the West Lake Scenic Area. Responsible for environmental protection, inspection, gardening maintenance, forestry management, water resource protection, and, urban management. 

7. Responsible for administering fiscal budgets, final accounts, making special fund annual plans, administering state-owned assets, supervising financial accountings, and assisting with taxation for the West Lake Scenic Area. Administering infrastructure investment. Responsible for statistics, pricing, and auditing affairs. 

8. Introducing investments to the West Lake Scenic Area. Reviewing, approving investment projects, and issuing licenses for such investments. Administering tourism business, foreign economic and technology cooperation. Responsible for handling foreign affairs. Reviewing, submitting applications by personnels based in the scenic area to travel abroad, and sending invitations for foreign expats travel to China. 

9. Administering the scenic area’s public affairs including culture, education, technology, family planning, civil affairs, sports, human resources, and social security. 

10. Responsible for protection, administration of level-1 protection area at “West Lake Longjing Tea” base.   

11. Implementing gardening, greening administration responsibilities for the city. Administering urban greenery maintenance, and inviting bidding on greening projects. Supervising quality of construction and safety. Joining the panel discussions about building residential communities, old city renovations, and public constructions. 

12. Providing guidelines on, inspecting, and coordinating the city's greening administration work. Organizing obligatory tree planting activities. 

13. Responsible for the city’s cultural relics excavation, protection, usage, and administration. Surveying the city's cultural relics. Enforcing laws related to cultural relics. Coordinating, instructing on cultural relics-related affairs.

14. Enhancing protection, management of well-known historical and cultural city areas. Participating in the protection of historical architecture, streets. Managing museum sector, and instructing on museum management affairs. 

15. Coordinating work of branches of government units at the West Lake Scenic Area. Administering communities of the West Lake Scenic Area as delegated. 

16. Exercising other powers granted by the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee and Hangzhou Municipal Government. 

B. Legal obligations of the CPC Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area Committee, and Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area Administration Commission in West Lake communities: 

1. Implementing major decisions and work arrangements by the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee and Hangzhou Municipal Government. Implementing the Party leadership and supervision inside the area on behalf of the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee.

2.Devising general plans, and economic and social development plans for the West Lake community, based on the city’s general plans and economic and social development plans. Implementing the plans after getting approval. 

3. Responsible for Party and government administration of economic and social development affairs including agriculture, industry, commerce, organization, human resources and social security, public security, jurisdiction, civil affairs, culture, education, technology, family planning, and sports in the area. 

4. Responsible for planning, construction administration, real estate administration, environment protection, and cultural relics protection in the area. 

5. Planning, constructing, and administering infrastructures and public facilities in the area as a whole. 

6. Planning, approving applications for new companies and investment projects.

7. Administering the area’s civil affairs, culture, eduction, technology, family planning, and sports sectors, as well as construction of water conservation facilities for farmland irrigation. 

8. Administering the area’s affairs regarding public finance, state-owned assets, auditing, pricing, and statistics. 

9. Completing other tasks delegated by the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee and Hangzhou Municipal Government. 

No. 1, Long Jing Lu