I. State-level road administration departments
The national highway management department is the Ministry of Transport, which is responsible for formulating national highway management policies, regulations and standards, guiding national highway management, and coordinating and handling cross-regional and cross-departmental highway management affairs. The Ministry of Transport also has a Highway Bureau, which is responsible for highway construction and management.
Second, the provincial road administration department
The provincial governments set up the Department of Transportation or the Bureau of Transportation as the provincial road administration department, which is responsible for implementing the policies, regulations and standards of road administration, formulating local road administration rules and regulations, and supervising and managing local road administration.
Third, the municipal road management department
The municipal road administration department is the transportation bureau or highway bureau of each city (prefecture), which is responsible for the specific implementation of road administration in this area, including road inspection, maintenance and emergency rescue. , and is responsible for handling the illegal acts of road administration in this area.
Four, the county highway management department
The county-level road administration department is the county (city, district) transportation bureau or highway bureau. They are grass-roots units of road administration, directly facing road users, responsible for daily work such as road inspection, maintenance and road information collection, and are also an important force to deal with road violations.
To sum up:
Road administration departments include national, provincial, prefecture-level, county-level and public institutions. Road administration departments at all levels perform their duties in road administration, cooperate with each other, jointly maintain road facilities, ensure road traffic safety, supervise road use behavior, and provide safe, convenient and efficient road traffic services for the public.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Highway Law
Article 7 provides that:
The Ministry of Transport of the State Council is in charge of national highway work. The transportation departments of local people's governments at or above the county level are in charge of highway work within their respective administrative areas; However, national highways and provincial highways shall be managed and supervised by the transportation departments of local people's governments at or above the county level, and shall be specifically determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The people's governments of townships, nationality townships and towns shall be responsible for the construction and maintenance of township roads within their respective administrative areas.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Highway Law
Article 8 provides that:
The transportation departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the management and supervision of national and provincial roads, which shall be determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.