The main tasks of the Chinese Society of Graphic Arts are: to carry out scientific research and academic exchanges, to activate academic thinking, to promote the development of disciplines, to promote advanced technology, to cultivate and recommend outstanding scientific and technological talents, to popularize the knowledge of graphic arts and technology, to disseminate scientific ideas and methods, to edit and publish academic and popular science books and journals, to carry out exchanges and cooperation with the international academic community, to strengthen friendly relations with foreign academic groups and scientific and technological workers, to provide technical advice and services to the society, to organize various undertakings and activities to serve its members, to reflect the opinions and requirements of its members, and to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.
       The highest authority of the Chinese Society of Graphic Arts is the National Congress of Members, whose powers are exercised by the Council between Congresses. The fourth Council of the Chinese Society of Graphic Arts (2002-2006) was chaired by Pan Yunhe (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of Zhejiang University), who was re-elected as President of the Society (2006-2010). Xu Guanhua (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Minister of Science and Technology) was the Honorary Chairman.
       The permanent offices of the Society are the Secretariat of the Society and the Office of the Society. There are also Academic Committee, Technical Committee, Youth Working Committee, Organizing Committee, Editorial and Publication Committee, as well as several branches and representative bodies such as Railway Committee, Multimedia Committee, Virtual Reality Committee, Medical Imaging Committee, Digital Art Committee and Digital Imaging Committee. In order to strengthen the work of the Society's secretariat, three new departments have been established, namely the Department of Popularization, the Department of Social Work and the Department of Membership, to fill the gaps in the Society's popularization work and to strengthen the functions of organizing exhibitions, training and membership management.
       The Chinese Journal of Graphic Arts is the journal of the Chinese Society of Graphic Arts. Founded in 1996, it is a comprehensive monthly academic journal, published at home and abroad. It highlights academic research and reflects creative, high-level and important scientific research results in graphic and information science. It emphasises practical applications and reflects the practical technology and scientific and technological progress of national graphic information science. In addition, the Intenational Journal of Image and Graphics, which was founded with the participation of the Chinese Society of Graphics, was also officially published in Hong Kong.
       Since its establishment, the Chinese Society of Graphics has conducted eleven annual academic conferences in China to carry out academic exchanges, which has enlivened the academic atmosphere and enhanced the interconnection and communication among the scientific and technological workers engaged in the research of graphics and science in China.
       In May 2000, the executive council of the Chinese Society of Graphics discussed and passed the decision to hold an international academic conference every two years and a national academic conference every year starting from 2000. Since the First International Conference on Graphics was officially held in Tianjin, China in August 2000, the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth International Conferences have been held in Hefei, China in 2002, Hong Kong in 2004, Chengdu in 2007 and Xi'an in 2009. These international conferences have strengthened the exchange and communication with international counterparts and have been unanimously praised by scholars and participants from home and abroad.