To conduct research on guidelines, policies, and regulations concerning international science and technology exchange and cooperation.
To organize the implementation of bilateral and multilateral inter-governmental S&T cooperation and exchange with relevant international organizations, the official agreements of S&T cooperation, and to examine and coordinate major projects of non-official S&T cooperation and exchanges.
To organize the implementation of scientific and technological aid from foreign governments and international organizations to China , as well as from China to foreign countries.
To direct the work of Chinese science and technology agencies in foreign countries, to liaison S&T agencies of foreign countries and international organizations in China , and S&T affairs with Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.