Hangzhou Zhijiang National Tourist and Holiday Resort (hereinafter referred to as ZNTHR) is one of the 12 state-level tourist and holiday resorts set up upon the approval of the State Council in October 1992. The resort, covering an area of 9.88 square kilometers, lies southwest to Hangzhou city proper, north to Qiantang River and south to Wuyun Hill. The resort accommodates three theme projects, including the Song Dynasty Town, Future World and Hangzhou West Lake International Golf and Country Club, and a batch of holiday resort units such as Jiuxi Rose Garden.

The Party Committee, Work Committee and Administrative Committee (hereinafter referred to as the committees) of ZNTHR are the agencies of Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Hangzhou Municipal Government. The committees exercise unified leadership, unified planning and unified administration at ZNTHR on behalf of Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Hangzhou Municipal Government.

In September 2002, the committees merged with Xihu District Party Committee and Xihu District Government and started to adjust the administrative system to “two organs led by one group of officials, hold relevant posts and exercise respective functions”.

The functions of the committees include:

●   To put into practice the important decisions and working plans of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. To implement the Party’s leadership and supervision at ZNTHR on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee.

●   To make the overall program, economic and social development plan of ZNTHR, as well as to implement the plan under the approval of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.

●   To draw up and implement administrative regulations of ZNTHR in accordance with law.

●   To be responsible for land planning, acquisition, allocation and the grant or transfer of land use of ZNTHR. To approve and issue the “certificate for the use of state-owned land”, and implement the management of cadastre and land registration.

●  To be responsible for the planning work and its implementation of ZNTHR, in accordance with the overall urban planning of Hangzhou. To verify construction projects, supervise and examine planned projects and to approve and issue “Site Selection Intention for Construction Projects”, “Permit of Land Use for Construction Projects” and “Permit of Construction Projects”.

●   To manage the construction projects of ZNTHR. To approve and issue “Permit of Construction Projects” to the construction projects in ZNTHR.

●   To be responsible for the planning and implementation of landscape forestation, environmental protection and supervision at ZNTHR. To compile environmental protection planning of ZNTHR and submit it to the higher authority for approval. To examine and approve environmental protection design and engineering, and to approve and issue “Permit of Construction Ensuring Environmental Protection”, “Certificate of Inspection of Environmental Protection Facilities” and “Permit of Pollutants Disposal.”

●   To be responsible for the management of real estate development, house property right, property registration as well as real estate trade market and property management. To examine and approve certificate of real estate ownership and “Permit for the Presale of Commercial Residential Apartments” of ZNTHR.

●   To be responsible for unified planning, construction and management of infrastructure and public utilities in ZNTHR.

●   To be responsible for the management of financial budget and final accounts, the management of state-owned property, the supervision of financial accounting, and to cooperate in the work of tax administration in ZNTHR.

●   To be responsible for the work of statistics, pricing, auditing, personnel management, labor management and social security as well as regional affairs administration of ZNTHR.

●   To examine and approve or verify and report to the higher authority the investment projects in ZNTHR in accordance with the designated rights.

●  To manage tourism, foreign economic and technological cooperation and other foreign activities. To deal with foreign matters.

●  To manage public affairs such as culture, education, science and technology, public health, family planning, civil affairs, and physical education at ZNTHR.

●  To coordinate and supervise the work of branches or agencies set up by the relevant departments in ZNTHR.

●  To exercise other administrative rights authorized by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government.