Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport has the following as its main responsibilities.
I. Implementing the laws, regulations, rules and policies of the State on transport, studying and drawing up the drafts of relevant local regulations, government regulations and policies and measures of Beijing Municipality, and organizing the implementation thereof. Formulating the development strategy of transport, investigating and studying the major issues in the reform and development of transport industry, and putting forward countermeasures and suggestions.
II. Organizing the preparation of Beijing's medium- and long-term development plans for the construction of transport infrastructure and the transport industry. Participating in the formulation of comprehensive plans for transport, special plans for transport and plans for the construction of urban rail transit, as well as evaluating the implementation of relevant plans. Being responsible for traffic impact assessment of large-scale urban construction projects. Being responsible for reviewing the contents related to traffic in the planning and design of municipal road construction projects. Participating in the review of preliminary design of municipal transport infrastructure construction projects. Making overall planning and advancing the construction of major transport infrastructure, and establishing a transport infrastructure construction project library in conjunction with relevant authorities.
III. Organizing the preparation of preliminary work proposal plans and annual construction proposal plans for municipal transport infrastructure construction projects. Organizing the preparation of the annual plans for the maintenance of transport infrastructure and the transport industry, and organizing the implementation, supervision and administration thereof. Being responsible for putting forward opinions on financial fund arrangement for the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure. Participating in the research and implementation of investment and financing policies for transport development and construction. Being responsible for the specific implementation, supervision and administration of urban rail transit and other public transport franchise projects. Putting forward suggestions on charging policies and standards for the transport industry.
IV. Being responsible for promoting the coordinated development of regional transport integration. Being responsible for the coordination of railway, civil aviation, postal and other comprehensive transport within Beijing's administrative area. Organizing the formulation of various key transport service guarantee schemes and supervising the implementation thereof. Participating in the preparatory and strategic activities of the modern logistics industry, and putting forward relevant policies and standard suggestions.
V. Being responsible for supervising and administering the transport infrastructure and administering the transport industry in Beijing, and formulating relevant policies and standards. Being responsible for supervising and administering the road construction market and the road and waterway transport market, and coordinating and promoting the development of the transport industry. Being responsible for the building of the administrative permit and credit systems in the transport industry. Guiding the energy conservation and emission reduction in the transport industry.
VI. Being responsible for supervising and administering the transport infrastructure and the safe production in the transport industry in Beijing Municipality. Being responsible for the organization and coordination of transport safety emergency response, and assisting relevant authorities in investigating and handling major safety accidents in the transport industry. Being responsible for organizing transport and ensuring transport facilities in major emergencies. Being responsible for administering the safety at monitored railway crossings. Undertaking the specific work of the Beijing Municipal Transport Safety Emergency Response Headquarters.
VII. Being responsible for organizing and coordinating the comprehensive traffic governance in Beijing Municipality. Being responsible for the overall planning of parking administration, and being responsible for administering the Internet bicycle rental industry.
VIII. Being responsible for the local maritime work in Beijing Municipality.
IX. Formulating the planning, annual plans and strategies for the development of transport science and technology and intelligent transport for Beijing Municipality. Organizing and guiding the information construction in the transport industry, and promoting the building of intelligent transport system. Organizing and guiding the initiation, research, development, popularization and application of major transport science and technology projects.
X. Being responsible for the publicity and education in the transport industry in Beijing, and organizing and carrying out the building of spiritual civilization in the transport industry. Being responsible for foreign exchange and cooperation in the transport industry.
XI. Guiding the comprehensive law enforcement on transport in Beijing Municipality.
XII. Guiding, coordinating and supervising the transport work in all districts.
XIII. Undertaking the work of the Transport Readiness Office of the Beijing Municipal Commission for National Defense Mobilization.
XIV. Completing other tasks assigned by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government.
XV. Transformation of Functions
Advancing the development of an integrated transport system. Implementing the national strategy of building a country with a strong transport network, facilitating the coordinated development of the city and its transport sector, and accelerating the formation of a safe, convenient, efficient, green, and economical comprehensive transport system. Emphasizing the organic integration of transport planning, construction, management, and services, ensuring efficient connections between intercity and urban transport networks, and optimizing the structure of transport modes, to ensure that Beijing's entire transport system can fully deliver benefits.
Promoting regional transport integration. Giving full play to the fundamental and pioneering role of transport in the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Building an international comprehensive transport hub, shifting away from Beijing's single-center, radial transport structure, and creating a rail transport system connecting Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. Optimizing the urban agglomeration transport system to provide strong transport support for the regional coordination and the development of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center.
Improving urban traffic management by addressing relevant problems and their root causes. Adhering to the strategy of giving priority to public transport, encouraging green travel, and advancing the integrated development of rail transit systems of different standards as well as their coordinated development with ground public transport. Building continuous and safe walking and cycling networks. Employing legal, economic, and administrative measures to carry out traffic demand management, and leveraging parking management as a means of regulating road traffic. Striving to control private cars' travel demand. Persisting in innovation-driven development of the transport sector, and promoting the application of big data, autonomous driving, and other new technologies, to significantly enhance the level of smart and digital development to better serve and regulate new business models of the transport sector.
XVI. Division of Responsibilities
With regard to the division of responsibilities in terms of transport infrastructure construction between the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport is responsible for organizing and advancing projects such as those involving urban roads and transport hub stations, while the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is responsible for construction permits, project completion acceptance filings, and quality and safety supervision of the construction of urban roads and transport hub stations. The Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport is responsible for the safety management of urban rail transit operations, and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is responsible for the safety management of urban rail transit construction.
