• 1
  Draw laws, regulations, policies, and standards governing civil aviation security; develop civil aviation security plans; and oversee the implementation.
• 2
  Conduct certification of security-related operational qualifications of civil airports and airlines; review aviation security plans of civil aviation enterprises and public institutions, and oversee the implementation.
• 3
  Oversee and manage work concerning civil aviation security; plan and direct development of industry security management system (SEMS); conduct evaluation of threats to civil aviation security; issue situation analysis reports (circulars) and preventive measures and directives.
• 4
  Conduct work concerning information; decide and announce the level of early warning.
• 5
  Direct the handling of unlawful interferences with civil aviation safety; direct development of the hijacking contingency plan, and organize the training and exercise; Undertake the overall coordination and daily work concerning the handling of aircraft hijacking and bombing.
• 6
  Direct capacity building for flight security guards of air transport enterprises; develop methods of training and performance evaluation for flight security guards, and oversee the implementation.
• 7
  Direct and oversee security check for civil aviation, and issue licenses for civil aviation security check devices and equipment.
• 8
  Engage in security guarding for special civil aircraft; conduct and oversee civil aviation security guarding for major activities and conventions of the state.
• 9
  Oversee and manage road traffic, firefighting, and anti-drug efforts for civil airports; direct the public security agency of airports to make criminal investigation, maintain public security, and manage road traffic in public areas.
• 10
  Manage directly-affiliated public security force and air marshals as prescribed; responsible for pre-installation documentation of executives of public security agencies at other airports as provided in the specified procedure and scope.
• 11
  Direct and examine security facility construction projects at civil airports.
• 12
  Oversee and manage the issue of the permit for control areas of civil airports, boarding pass for air crew, and the license for flight security guards, etc.
• 13
  Oversee law enforcement by civil aviation public security agencies, and conduct police inspection on civil aviation public security agencies.
• 14
  Oversee and check internal public security efforts and overall administration at civil aviation entities.
• 15
  Undertake other tasks assigned by executives of the CAAC and the Ministry of Public Security.

Command of Air Marshals

Conduct centralized management of the air marshal force; direct the work concerning ideological and political instruction, service, training, and funding support; direct recipient entities of dispatched air marshals to provide localized support.