(1) Organizing the formulation of national health policies, drafting regulations, policies and plans for the development of health undertakings, formulating departmental rules and standards and organizing their implementation. Make overall plans for the allocation of health resources and guide the preparation and implementation of regional health planning. Formulate and organize the implementation of policies and measures to promote the equalization, generalization and convenience of basic public health services and the extension of public resources to the grassroots.
(two) coordinate and promote the deepening of the reform of the medical and health system, study and put forward major principles, policies and measures to deepen the reform of the medical and health system. Organize and deepen the comprehensive reform of public hospitals, promote the separation of management and operation, improve the modern hospital management system, formulate and organize the implementation of policies and measures to promote the diversification of health public service providers and methods, and put forward policy suggestions on medical services and drug prices.
(3) to formulate and organize the implementation of disease prevention and control plans, national immunization plans and intervention measures for public health problems that seriously endanger people's health, and to formulate a catalogue of quarantine infectious diseases and monitoring infectious diseases. Responsible for health emergency work, organize and guide the prevention and control of public health emergencies and medical rescue of various public health emergencies.
(four) to organize and coordinate the implementation of policies and measures to deal with the aging population, and to be responsible for promoting the construction of health service system for the elderly and the combination of medical care and nursing.
(five) to organize the formulation of national drug policy and national essential drug system, carry out drug monitoring, clinical comprehensive evaluation and early warning of drug shortage, put forward suggestions on national essential drug price policy, and participate in the formulation of national pharmacopoeia. Organize food safety risk monitoring and assessment, and formulate and publish food safety standards according to law.
(six) responsible for the supervision and management of public health such as occupational health, radiation health, environmental health, school health, public health, drinking water hygiene, etc., responsible for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, and improve the comprehensive health supervision system. Leading the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.