1. To organize the coordination and guide the supervision of national forestry fire prevention; to release forest fire disaster information; to guide the forestry public security and manage forestry public security forces; to coordinate and supervise the investigation and punishment over extremely large forestry cases; to liaise with forestry procuratorates and courts;
2. To formulate policies, regulations, rules, standards for forestry public security and forest fire prevention, and organize their implementation;
3. To guide the nationwide forestry public security, organize the coordination, guidance and supervision of national forest fire prevention;
4. To compile development and construction programs for the forestry public security and forest fire prevention, and organize implementation accordingly; to guide the forestry public security, forest fire prevention equipment and infrastructure construction; to supervise and inspect the utilization and implementation of the special funds; to undertake the application for, procurement and allocation of the police equipment and special forest fire prevention goods;
5. To guide the protection of forests, wild animal and plant resources; to analyze and master the social security dynamics of the communities;
6. To organize and guide the administrative law enforcement in forestry public security and administrative law enforcement of forest fire prevention;
7. To coordinate and organize the unified actions and special fights as well as special rectification against the law violations and crimes of destroying resources of forests, wild animals and plants; to supervise, investigate and punish over extremely large cases of destroying forest resources and the resources of key state-protected wild animals and plants; to guide the comprehensive rectification of forest area public security;
8. To guide the building of nationwide forestry public security forces; to undertake the establishments, police force allocation, police ranks verification and approval, assistant administration of leading cadres, achievements and awarding; to organize and guide the forestry public security in respect of education and training, policing and supervision, publicity etc.; to master and inspect cases of police law violations and discipline violations;
9. To formulate and implement the emergency fighting and rescue plans for extremely large forest fires; to undertake the organization and coordination of fighting and rescues for extremely large forest fires as assigned by the State Council;
10. To undertake monitoring of forest fires, forecast and prediction of fire calamities, master nationwide fire situation, and release fire calamity information;
11. To guide the nationwide forest fire calamity forecast, fighting and rescues, as well as the building of professional forces; to implement forest fire prevention supervision, guide and coordinate forest aerial protection; to undertake the honoring of forest fire prevention treaties with neighboring countries;
12. To guide, coordinate forest fire prevention and fighting by armed police forces;
13. To lead the Forest Fire Calamity Forecast and Monitoring Information Center;
14. To undertake the functions of the Work Office of Procuratorate of the State Forestry Bureau;
15. To administer centrally the Northeast Forest Aerial Protection Center, the Southeast Forest Aerial Protection Station, Nanjing Forest Public Security School, and assist the management of Changchun Forest Public Security Training Center.
1、组织协调、指导监督全国森林防火工作，发布森林火灾信息；指导森林公安工作，管理森林公安队伍；协调和监督查处特大森林案件；联系林业检察院、法院。
2、拟定森林公安、森林防火工作的政策、法规、制度、标准，并监督执行。
3、指导全国森林公安工作，组织协调、指导、监督全国森林防火工作。
4、编制森林公安、森林防火的发展建设规划并组织落实，组织指导森林公安、森林防火装备、基础设施建设，监督检查专项资金使用落实情况，承担警用装备和森林防火专用物资的申请、购置、调拔工作。
5、指导森林和野生动植物资源保卫工作，分析、掌握本区社会治安动态。
6、组织、指导全国森林公安机关林业行政执法工作和森林防火行政执法工作。
7、协调组织打击破坏森林及野生动植物资源违法犯罪活动的统一行动和专项斗争及专项治理，督促查处破坏森林资源、国家重点保护野生动植物资源的特大案件。指导林区治安综合治理工作。
8、指导全国森林公安队伍建设，承担掌握森林公安机构设置、警力配备、警衔审批、领导干部协管、立功授奖工作；组织、指导森林公安教育培训、警务督察、宣传工作；掌握和督察民警违法、违纪案件。
9、制定并实施全国特大森林火灾的扑救预案，承担国务院交办的扑救特大森林火灾的组织协调工作。
10、承担林火监测和火灾预测、预报工作，掌握全国火情动态，发布火灾信息。
11、指导全国森林火灾预防、扑救工作及专业队伍建设，实施森林消防监督，指导、协调航空护林工作，承担与周边国家森林防火协定的履约工作。
12、指导、协调武警森林部队森林防火、扑火业务工作。
13、领导森林火灾预报监测信息中心。
14、承担国家林业局检察院法院工作办公室的工作。
15、归口管理东北航空护林中心、西南航空护林总站、南京森林公安高等专科学校，协管长春森林公安培训中心。
Director-General: Du Yongsheng
局长：杜永胜
Deputy Director-General: Zhang Ping
副局长：张萍