Article 2The ARDSWC shall be in charge of the following matters:
1.Planning, research, formulation, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations for rural development and soil and water conservation.
2.Planning, coordination, guidance, and supervision of rural land use and management.
3.Planning, guidance, coordination, review, evaluation, implementation, and supervision of rural regeneration and rural human resources training.
4.Surveying, planning, design, guidance, promotion, and supervision of rural industrial development, rural culture, the rural environment, and rural scenery.
5.Planning, design, guidance, promotion, and supervising projects to improve the overall rural environment, primary rural production conditions, daily life facilities and functions, and leisure agriculture.
6.Surveying, planning, implementation, and supervising soil and water conservation in watershed areas.
7.Surveying, planning, design, implementation, and supervision of slopeland management and disaster prevention projects, soil and water conservation projects, and vegetation greenification projects.
8.Planning, surveying, promotion, coordination, and supervising disaster prevention work for debris flow, large-scale landslides, and unstable land.
9.Planning, promotion, implementation, supervision, and assessment of review, approval, and supervision of soil and water conservation management and soil and water conservation programs.
10.Other matters related to rural development and soil and water conservation.