Bureau of Audit of Hebei Province is a department in charge of audit work of Hebei province with the following functions:

1. Direct and supervise the audit work, draft the audit plans, formulate annual major plans; cooperate to constitute policies and laws with regard to auditing, finance and economy; to establish auditing regulations and supervise the enforcement.

2. Report auditing work to provincial government and related departments; submit proposals on how to improve and perfect relative policies and laws.

3. Carry out the stipulation of Audit Law of People's Republic of China and Implementation Regulation of Audit Law of People's Republic of China, conduct the following auditing activities:
(1). Audit the budget implementation, revenues, and expenditures of all undertakings.
(2). Audit financial accounts of provincial departments.
(3). Audit the budget implementation and financial accounts of regional departments.
(4). Audit the use of off-budget funds of provincial departments and municipal governments.
(5). Audit assets, liabilities, profits and losses of province-level monetary organizations such as insurance, financial institutions and the branches; undertake the commitments of CNAO, audit assets, liabilities, profits and losses of state-owned financial institutions, financial institutions other than banks.
(6). Audit financial revenues and expenditures of social security funds, environment protection funds, public donations and other relevant funds under the departments of the Hebei Provincial Government.
(7). Audit financial revenues and expenditures of projects funded with aids or loans provided by international organizations or foreign governments.
(8). Audit assets, liabilities, profits and losses of province-owned overseas enterprises and joint ventures.
(9). Audit assets, liabilities, profits and losses of state-owned or state-controlled enterprises in Hebei province.
(10). Audit budget implementation and final accounts of state construction projects.
(11). Audit other items stipulated by law or regulations.

4. Submit auditing report to provincial governor about the budget implementation; submit auditing work report to CPC of Hebei province about budget implementation and other revenues and expenditures.

5. Conduct industrial audits, special item audit and researches so as to implement the national financial and economic guidelines, policies as well as macroeconomic controls; organize and direct audit offices of all levels to audit officials under the county level on economic responsibility during their tenure of office, and conduct off-post audit about managers in state-owned enterprises; conduct sample audit to the cases already audited by audit offices under provincial level; accept applications to reconsider the auditing decision in accordance with legislation.

6. Take charge of the appointment and dismissal of principals in audit offices at city level jointly with municipal government.

7. Direct and supervise internal audit work; organize audit professional training.

8. Undertake other related commitments of Hebei province and CNAO.