The main responsibilities of Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs are:

1, To execute the state and provincial policies, laws, and regulations of the civil affairs;  to make plans for the development of the civil affairs of the city; and organize the implementation of these plans; to guide the grass-root civil affairs organizations.

2. To administer the registration of the city-level associations, associations concerning foreign affairs, and private organizations other than enterprises; to supervise the non-government institutions;  to protect these institutions' legal rights  and investigate and treat their illegal practice.

3. To be responsible for the favorable treatment of the servicemen and for the compensation of the families of the deceased servicemen; to examine and verify the grades of disability; to be responsible for the approval of the title of matyrs.

4. To organize and guide the work of  "supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to the families of servicemen and martyrs", and take charge of the daily work of the office concerned.

5. To be responsible for the settlement and administration of the demobilized soldiers, retired officers, resigned workers;to guide the administration of the army provision stations, and the rest homes of the veterans and retired officers.

6. To organize and cooperate in the work of disaster relief, to check and report disasters, to receive, administer and distribute donations for disaster relief; to guide the disaster victims in their self relief and organize the donation to the poverty stricken areas. 

7. To administer the social relief of the city; to organize, supervise the establishment and implement of the system of subsistence allowances for urban and rural residents; to guide the work of the geracomiums and the work of "the five guarantees" in rural areas.

8. To guide the establishment of the organizations of political power at the grass-root level and the mass autonomous organizations; to guide the work of community services. 
9. To be responsible for the administrative division; to be responsible for the assigning of administrative division borders; to investigate and treat disputes about administrative division borders; to administer the geographical names of the city.

10. To be responsible for the administration and protection of the aged, handicapped, orphaned and other people in difficulties; to guide the establishment and administration of social welfare services.

11. To guide the repatriation of the trams and beggars, to cooperate with related departments to handle such persons.

12. To be responsible for marriage registration, and registration of Chinese-foreign marriages.

13. To be responsible for the registration of child adoption.

14. To be responsible for the funeral and interment, and carry out the funeral reform.

15. To be responsible for the protection of the interest of the handicapped and for the administration of the enterprises of the handicapped.

16. To be responsible for the settlement of the migrants from reservoir and power station areas.

17. To be responsible for the issue of social welfare lotteries and the administration of the welfare funds.

18. To be responsible for the finance and statistics of the civil affairs; to guide and supervise the uses of funds for civil affairs.

19. To take charge of the daily work of the office for the aged.

20. To undertake other tasks assigned by the Municipal Government.

Website: http://www.minzheng.ningbo.gov.cn